Also a bit ironic in that Linus is clearly the most openly religious of the Peanuts characters, he frequently quotes from the Bible, and of course his telling of the nativity story on "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was the high point and moral point of the whole show as it was directed to Charlie Brown who had lost a sense of meaning for the holiday.
And at the same time, here he is staying out all night on Halloween, anticipating the arrival of a pagan spirit who will bring him worldly gifts.
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A timely meditation on constancy in faith.
Also a bit ironic in that Linus is clearly the most openly religious of the Peanuts characters, he frequently quotes from the Bible, and of course his telling of the nativity story on "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was the high point and moral point of the whole show as it was directed to Charlie Brown who had lost a sense of meaning for the holiday.
And at the same time, here he is staying out all night on Halloween, anticipating the arrival of a pagan spirit who will bring him worldly gifts.
What an odd kid.
Indeed, PLW -- as one of Lucy's friends tells her about her brother, in that blunt way Peanuts girls have, "He is so strange."
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