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The Heathered Nest

November 17, 2016 · 10 Comments

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at Home

Holidays· Kids

charlie brown thanksgiving…

Did you grow up watching a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?

What a cute idea! Have a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving with the family at home! Complete with toast and pudding and jellybeans! ADORABLE!

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I sure did. We were Peanuts NUTS at our house. Check it:

 

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Me and my little brother, in Linus’ “most sincere pumpkin patch” made by my super talented Mom. Here’s another, a few years later when one of my little sisters came along:

 

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No comments on the hair. Or the teeth. Those wounds are still healing.

 

For some people, the start of the holiday season has always been the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. For us, it was two things: the Peanuts gang going out in our yard, AND, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special on TV.

I remember anxiously flipping open the new TV Guides that would come in the mail to see if this was week that the special aired. We would set the VCR to record, hoping this was the year someone would not forget pause the recording when the commercials came on.

 

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Needless to say, if we stick one of those old tapes in the ancient VHS machine today, undoubtedly the kids will be asking us what the heck RC cola and cabbage patch kids are.

I’m trying really hard to instill the love of all things Snoopy into my children’s worlds. And this year, much to my complete delight, the kids asked if we could have a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving here at home.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at home? With popcorn and buttered toast and jellybeans?

 

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Heck YES.

 

We happen to be set up PERFECTLY for this endeavor. For starters, our outdoor table IS a ping pong table!

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It’s like we were MEANT to celebrate Thanksgiving Charles M. Schulz style.

Celebrate a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at home with all the Peanuts gang's trimmings! So cute! from heatherednest.com

 

So that is what we did. We banded together round the toaster, and made ourselves some toast. Daddy and Sweet Cheeks manned the popcorn popper. Our oldest doled out the pretzels and candy.

 

Celebrate a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at home with all the Peanuts gang's trimmings! So cute! from heatherednest.com

DIY vintage tin can chandelier

 

It’s an all-carb-Thanksgiving, here at The Heathered Nest.

 

Celebrate a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at home with all the Peanuts gang's trimmings! So cute! from heatherednest.com

DIY stenciled outdoor “rug”

 

And I’m kind of loving every empty calorie of it.

 

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The kids were insistent on trying to get all the details just like they were in the TV special.

 

Celebrate a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at home with all the Peanuts gang's trimmings! So cute! from heatherednest.com

 

 

It was actually kind of difficult finding pink pudding and jellybeans at this time of year, so we got as close as we could.

 

Celebrate a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at home with all the Peanuts gang's trimmings! So cute! from heatherednest.com

 

And fancy napkins were a must. My daughter LOVES to make anything “fancy”. She walked outside to the trees with her little safety scissors and trimmed little sprigs of pine for this ensemble.

 

Celebrate a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at home with all the Peanuts gang's trimmings! So cute! from heatherednest.com

 

These Wayfair trays get a lot of use here. Since we eat outside a lot, we use these to carry all our goodies back and forth between the deck and the kitchen. Often, the kids will take a tray of snacks down to the treehouse, too. The trays are lightweight, and a perfect size to be shlepped around.

 

Great outdoor project idea! A DIY treehouse done for a $250 budget! Seen a lot of treeforts and cool treehouses, but none for this little $$!!

Our $250 DIY Treehouse

 

Thanks for being here with us today. We are grateful all the time, but especially around Thanksgiving, for each of you that takes the time to visit us here at The Nest throughout the year. And as a “thank you” for being a part of this crazy flock, we’d love to share some printable thanksgiving lunch box love notes with you…print them out for your little turkey birds 😉

 

 

Let’s eat a lot of turkey next week, and then…

Bring on the Charlie Brown Christmas special!

But first, I need to set up our Peanuts gang in our front yard. Just like always.

 

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Happy Holidays from my childhood home circa 1980.

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. David C Brewster says

    November 16, 2017 at 4:34 pm

    Pink pudding? I’ve never heard of pink pudding.
    More likely, though, it was “pink stuff”. The “pink stuff” (sometimes called “cherry fluff”) was a common thing back in those days, and the recipe is incredibly simple:
    1 can of Cherry Pie Filling
    1 can sweetened condensed milk
    1 can crushed pineapple (drained)
    1 container of Cool Whip

    Mix, chill, & serve.

    Certainly easy enough for the Peanuts gang to make.
    (The extra whipped cream & cherry on top indicate the extra fancy tone of the dinner.)

    Any way, give that a try. My kids and I love it. You’ll see that it color matches the cartoon better, too.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

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    • Heather says

      November 17, 2017 at 10:05 am

      THANK YOU for the recipe!! It sounds fantastic! Will try it this holiday season. Seriously so sweet of you to share ♥️!! Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!

      Reply
  2. mary says

    November 21, 2016 at 10:22 am

    I totally would come to your Thanksgiving party! This is one of my all time favorite holiday specials and I always thought it was funny what they served!

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    • Heather says

      November 21, 2016 at 1:28 pm

      You would be welcome any time, Mary! Anyone who loves the Peanuts gang is a friend of ours, for sure. Happy Thanksgiving!!

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