“CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE” – 20 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

Charlie Brown could have saved a lot of time and (good) grief if, when asking Linus why he was in a funk about Christmas, he just listened to the song playing in the background.

Few songs capture what the holiday means to so many people as this one, another classic from “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” It’s a piece that sounds best on piano – or at least I think so.

As sweet as the lyrics are, I always prefer hearing this on solo piano. Here’s the composer, Vince Guaraldi: