The Christmas season is in full swing and there’s excellent news for followers of the Peanuts vacation specials. Apple has made the vacation traditional A Charlie Brown Christmas accessible for everybody to stream at no cost this weekend, whether or not they’re an Apple TV+ subscriber or not.
That provides everybody the chance to observe Linus train his mates what Christmas is all about, whether or not they personal an Apple machine or not.
A streaming unique… however free to observe
The particular finds Charlie Brown feeling down concerning the commercialism of Christmas, and turning into the director of the gang’s vacation play as a technique to get into the vacation spirit. Can he overcome his mates’ desire for dancing over performing, discover the “good” tree, and uncover the true that means of Christmas?
Apple TV+ owns the rights to all Peanuts vacation specials, and A Charlie Brown Christmas is open to all through the Apple TV app on December 16 and December 17. There’s no paywall on these dates.
It’s accessible to Apple TV+ subscribers at any time in December, or the whole 12 months.
Methods to watch the Peanuts Christmas particular at no cost
Apple customers play the vacation traditional by means of the Apple TV software, which is accessible within the App Retailer for iPhone and iPad. There’s additionally a Mac model in that app retailer. Set up all or any of those as you’ll any software program.
Upon getting the appliance put in and working, go searching for A Charlie Brown Christmas (direct hyperlink).
However having fun with the traditional vacation particular doesn’t require an Apple TV, Mac or different Apple machine. The service is watchable on all kinds of units, together with Home windows, Roku and Amazon Fireplace.
For anybody with a pc working Home windows, Android or Chrome OS, watching Apple’s video content material is as simple as visiting its web site. The identical goes for Android telephones and tablets. You’ll entry the Peanuts particular in a browser. You’ll be able to leap straight to the A Charlie Brown Christmas web page.
However Apple made positive there’s a model of the Apple TV software for a big selection of streaming units. That features good TVs too.
On a Roku, go to the Channel Retailer and obtain the Apple software program. On an Amazon Fireplace TV, set up can begin with saying, “Alexa, discover the Apple TV app.” You would possibly have to create a free account, additionally referred to as an Apple ID, in the event you don’t have one already.
Purchase A Charlie Brown Christmas on DVD
Those that need anytime entry to the Peanuts Christmas particular and don’t wish to subscribe to Apple TV+ should buy the DVD. It’s accessible for beneath $14.
And prepare for New 12 months’s Eve with the Peanuts gang
Whereas the vacation traditional is free this weekend, Peanuts followers would possibly desire a subscription to Apple TV+. The service provides It’s Christmastime Once more, Charlie Brown, a group of holiday-themed vignettes. Plus there’s I Need a Canine for Christmas, Charlie Brown.
Trying forward, there’s Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne, a recent New 12 months’s eve particular created by Apple.
Past vacation specials, Apple TV+ provides The Snoopy Present starring the irrepressible beagle — a sequence that has a 100% critics approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. There’s additionally an academic present referred to as Snoopy in Area.
Apple TV+ is $9.99 a month, and contains all kinds of different kids’s’ packages, too.
