Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts have been a mainstay of Christmas going back decades. And now, more than 60 years after the debut of the A Charlie Brown Christmas, the gang is back for a new round of holiday mischief. Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy, a half-hour Peanuts holiday special, hits Apple TV on November 13 and IGN has a brand-new exclusive preview of the animated show.
As you can see in the player above, 12 Days of Snoopy focuses on the loveable beagle ending up on Santa’s naughty list. With just 12 days until Christmas, Snoopy “sets out to prove he’s not such a bad beagle after all, discovering along the way that the season is about more than gifts.”
The special is executive produced by Mark Evestaff and directed by Rob Boutilier, who also developed The Snoopy Show for Apple TV along with other entries in the Peanuts universe like Snoopy in Space. I spoke with Evestaff and Boutilier ahead of 12 Days of Snoopy’s release about creating a “companion piece” to the beloved holiday classic.
IGN: In the exclusive scene we’re debuting, Snoopy finds out that he's going to be on Santa's naughty list. Why did you guys decide to go in that direction?
Mark Evestaff (Executive producer): It was just sort of looking back into Snoopy's character and his mischievous nature. Sometimes he's a little self-centered, but he's also kind and caring and a good friend. And so we want to explore those emotions and basically see how the neighborhood would rally around Snoopy knowing that he would mess up when he's trying to do good.
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