The Great Pumpkin

Last night we watched "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". It's probably favorite my of all the Peanuts specials. Is there anything better than Charlie Brown in that sheet with 15 holes saying "I had a little trouble with the scissors"? and then getting all those rocks trick or treating? Who ever heard of the most sincere pumpkin patch anyway?
The kids loved it and were so excited when they realized it was on. We did have some interesting discussions while watching. First we had to talk about why it is not polite to call people a blockhead, even if their head does not look like a block (thank you, Lucy). Then we had to explain to Campbell that they dog is named Snoopy, not Snooper and he is a good dog. There is really no need to hide things from him like you do Swiper. When Snoopy climbed on his doghouse and became the WW1 Flying Ace, Brandt said he was a silly dog. When he started shooting at other planes however, Brandt started yelling "Fire in the ho"! I don't know why the hoes are on fire, but he doesn't think that fire in the hole makes any sense.
Brandt also thought it was pretty funny that Sally loved Linus and followed him around and waited in the Pumpkin Patch with him and he didn't know she loved him. Sounds familiar to me - kind of like Courtney who sits with him at lunch everyday and writes him notes almost everyday.
Campbell didn't like Lucy because she was mean and was a scary witch, but she liked Charlie Brown because he was a holey ghost. I don't like Lucy either and the holey ghost? I can't think of a better name.
Happy Halloween from our family to yours.