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The Milwaukee Post Office teams up with Ebenezer Child Care an educational event to unveil and dedicate the new A Charlie Brown Christmas holiday forever stamps. The stamps come in ten designs and showcase the colorful characters from the original animated television special. The event encourages letter writing and literacy during the holidays and throughout the year. Children will be in attendance decorating the lobby, singing songs, and mailing cards and letters. The stamps will be on sale after the event at the Milwaukee Main Post Office. They can be used on cards, letters, and packages. |
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Friday, December 11, 2015 |
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Milwaukee Main Post Office |
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Easton Wright, Postmaster, Milwaukee, WI |
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The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the holiday season by dedicating the Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps. The booklet of 20 stamps features 10 still frames from the 1965 TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (two of each design) celebrating the classic’s 50th anniversary. A Charlie Brown Christmas was the first animated special featuring characters from Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip Peanuts, and aired on CBS the evening of Dec. 9, 1965. Over the years, the ode to the holiday season has become a tradition. The program now airs annually on ABC. The stamp images include: Charlie Brown holding the sapling that eventually becomes his Christmas tree; Charlie Brown and Pigpen with a snowman; Snoopy and children ice skating; the cast of the program gathered around the Christmas tree; Linus kneeling by the sparsely decorated Christmas tree; Charlie Brown checking his mailbox for a Christmas card; Charlie Brown and Linus leaning on a snowy brick wall; Charlie Brown and Linus standing by the Christmas tree; a frustrated Charlie Brown standing in front of Snoopy’s doghouse; and, Charlie Brown decorating the tree in front of the prize-winning lights display on Snoopy's doghouse. Art director Antonio Alcalá Alexandria VA, designed the stamps. |
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