"This little green one here seems to need a home." And with that, Charlie Brown picks out a scrawny tree that even his friend Linus doesn't see fitting "the modern spirit" of Christmas. Lucy, he says, ...

The brains behind a "Peanuts" tribute book called me several years back with an inspiring request: Would I be interested in picking an object from the life and art of Charles M. "Sparky" Schulz and ...