A Charlie Brown Christmas this Thursday Night on ABC

'A Charlie Brown Christmas' -- the second longest running TV Christmas special (behind only Rudolph) will be on your TV this Thursday night on ABC (KSTP-5) at 7 PM CT.

'A Charlie Brown Christmas' first aired in December of 1965. 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' beat Charlie by a year, debuting in December 1964.