{"id":32230,"date":"2017-12-24T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T18:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32230"},"modified":"2017-12-24T13:03:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T18:03:26","slug":"the-message-hidden-inside-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32230","title":{"rendered":"The Message Hidden Inside The Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a fan of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Peanuts\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peanuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia\">Peanuts<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Cartoon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cartoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia\">cartoons<\/a> ever since I was old enough to read them. I have visited the Charles M. Schultz Museum in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Santa Rosa, California\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.448611,-122.704722&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=38.448611,-122.704722 (Santa%20Rosa%2C%20California)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener\">Santa Rosa, California<\/a>. I have eaten at the Warm Puppy Cafe and watched the skaters skate. I have <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"TiVo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tivo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener\">Tivo<\/a>&#8216;d the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Charlie-Brown-Christmas-Ann-Altieri\/dp\/B00004W5UM%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzem-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00004W5UM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"amazon noopener\">Charlie Brown Christmas special<\/a>. I watched it this morning. Then I read something that made me realize I had missed a major truth in the cartoon.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalistpapers.org\/us\/one-thing-never-noticed-charlie-brown-christmas?utm_source=COTR&amp;utm_medium=COTR&amp;utm_campaign=COTR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Federalist Papers<\/a> posted an article about the Charlie Brown Christmas special. I love the special&#8211;it deals with the feeling some of us get when we are up to our necks in shopping and responsibilities and we are in danger of losing the meaning of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christmas\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia\">Christmas<\/a>. Obviously, the most important scene in the cartoon is the scene where Linus schools <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Charlie Brown\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Brown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia\">Charlie Brown<\/a> in the true meaning of Christmas, but there is a hidden message in that scene which I had missed.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the scene as posted on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=37.628101,-122.426424&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=37.628101,-122.426424 (YouTube)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener\">YouTube<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s74pvLWoYzU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Notice that as Linus begins quoting the Biblical story of Christmas he is still holding on to his <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Comfort object\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comfort_object\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia\">security blanket<\/a>. That is not unusual, Linus is rarely seen not holding on to his security blanket. However, notice that just as Linus quotes the angel saying, &#8220;Fear not,&#8221; he drops his blanket. The message here is that Linus understands that his security is not in that blanket&#8211;it has a bigger source. Previously I had not noticed that.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas to everyone, and may you follow the example of Linus and &#8216;fear not.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a fan of Peanuts cartoons ever since I was old enough to read them. I have visited the Charles M. Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa, California. 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