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Peanuts was a beloved comic strip created by Charles Schulz.  Children and adults alike would wait for the paper to see what Charlie Brown and his friends would do next.

In the 1960's they were adapted for television.  The broadcast of Charlie Brown's Christmas special became a tradition.

In this story, Charlie Brown and his friends seek the true meaning of Christmas in the production of a school pageant, decorating a tree, and the selection of Christmas music.  Eventually Linus sorts it out and explains the true meaning of Christmas.

The Fantasticks is a musical comedy from 1960.  It's about two neighboring fathers who trick their children into falling in love by pretending to feud.

The first musical number of the show is "Try to Remember," a song about nostalgia.  In the song, the audience is invited to reminisce and reflect on their childhood and growing up. 

Jerry Orbach sang the song in the role of "El Gallo"

The Fantasticks is a musical comedy from 1960.  It's about two neighboring fathers who trick their children into falling in love by pretending to feud.

The show's original off-Broadway production ran a total of 42 years (until 2002) and 17,162 performances, making it the world's longest-running musical.

It's typically staged with a very sparse set consisting of a table and ladders to represent the neighboring bedrooms.

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This story recalls the figure of the Fiddler in the opening and closing scenes of the film, setting up the idea that our existence is precarious, like a Fiddler on the roof, many decisions we make in life -- what to do, whom to marry, how to raise children, and so forth -- are very difficult and consequential.

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