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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