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By the numbers “Charlie Brown Christmas”

15 million: Number of homes that tuned in to the first showing on Dec. 9, 1965

2: Rank in the ratings that week, behind “Bonanza”

25: Running time of original cartoon, in minutes

1: Number of Emmy Awards the show has won

49: Number of Peanuts television movies made since

Sources: Factmonster.com and the Internet Movie Database

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