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Happy Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown! How to watch all your favorite Peanuts holiday specials in 2024

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you're hungry for... toast? (Apple)
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you're hungry for... toast? (Apple)

“Isn’t it peculiar, Charlie Brown, how some traditions just slowly fade away?”

This November, one tradition you may want to keep alive is watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Whether your favorite part of a Peanuts-style Thanksgiving meal is the toast, the popcorn or the jellybeans, everyone can appreciate Snoopy's unique cooking skills. Nowadays, you can find all the classic Peanuts TV specials, including A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, in one place — unfortunately that place is now behind a paywall …

All your favorite Charlie Brown holiday shows, including A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, A Charlie Brown Christmas and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! are streaming exclusively on on Apple TV+. Back in 2020, the streamer secured the exclusive streaming rights to the Peanuts after years of the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas tradition TV specials being available across multiple broadcast networks — usually ABC and CBS. This year, none of the Peanuts holiday specials will air on TV.

So if you’re looking to watch Snoopy cook the gang a gorgeous, pop-corn-centric Thanksgiving dinner lunch before you sit down for a meal with your own family, you'll need access to Apple TV via the app through a smart TV, computer or mobile device.

After years of the Peanuts’ Thanksgiving, Christmas and Halloween TV specials airing on the likes of ABC, CBS and PBS every holiday season, all the Charlie Brown specials are now only available through Apple TV+. Luckily, the service offers a free trial, so you don’t technically need to shell out any money to see Peppermint Patty throw a fit over the lack of turkey this year …

Apple TV+ is the official streaming home for all the Peanuts holiday specials, including It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Christmas. In addition to those nostalgic holiday episodes, you can catch award-winning shows like Ted Lasso, The Morning Show and Severance plus great original movies. Apple TV+ has a 7-day free trial available to new subscribers, OR, if you've bought an eligible Apple device recently (say, as an early Christmas gift ... ) you can get up to three months of the streaming service totally free. After that, it costs $9.99/month. 

Try free at Apple TV