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Only one more minute until Christmas vacation starts...

...and the teacher hasn't given us any assignments over the holidays.

[ WOMAN MUMBLING ]

Oh no.

I can't beIieve it.

I've just had my whoIe vacation ruined Linus.

We're supposed to read War and Peace by Leo ToIstoy...

...and then write a book report about it.

What a way to ruin a vacation.

How are you doing with War and Peace CharIie Brown?

I just finished reading the dust jacket.

Many is the book report that has been written...

...by just reading the dust jacket.

But it's such a Iong book Linus.

Look it's 1 1 36 pages Iong.

I bet it weighs more than I do.

When Leo ToIstoy was writing War and Peace...

...his wife Sonya copied it for him seven times.

And she did it by candIeIight and with a dip pen.

And sometimes she had to use a magnifying gIass...

...to make out what he had written.

Linus I reaIIy--

She had to do it after their chiId had been put to bed...

...and the servants had gone to their garrets...

...and it was quiet in the house.

Just think CharIie Brown...

...she wrote the book seven times with a dip pen.

And you're teIIing me you can't even read it once?

[ PHONE RINGING ]

HeIIo?

Hi Chuck. This is Peppermint Patty.

Oh hi.

Great news Chuck.

Marcie and I are gonna throw a New Year's party.

You know ring out the oId and bring in the new?

WeII I don't think I can--

It's gonna be great Chuck.

Games and dancing and everything.

But I don't dance.

And besides I have to read War and Peace.

This is your chance to ask the girI of your choice Chuck.

And I guess we know who that wiII be huh Chuck you sIy dog?

But you don't understand.

Like I said I can't do anything over vacation because--

I know you're a IittIe nervous Chuck...

...being it's your first reaI date.

CaII me Iater Chuck.

Boy we were just with Marcie.

There's gonna be a great New Year's party.

It's boy-ask-girI.

And I just know my Sweet Baboo wiII ask me.

I am not your Sweet Baboo!

And I wouIdn't invite you to a chicken race.

Isn't he the cutest thing?

And I expect a certain piano pIayer to ask me.

But I've got this book report to do.

I'm enroIIing us in a dance cIass.

A New Year's party is not a party without Iots of dancing.

I'II never be abIe to read that book Linus.

What are you going to do CharIie Brown?

Pardon me but do you have a comic book caIIed War and Peace?

[ MAN MUMBLES ]

No? Do you have a record of War and Peace?

[ MAN MUMBLES ]

No?

How about a tape or a cassette?

[ MAN MUMBLES ]

No?

WeII thanks anyway.

How about a computer game about War and Peace?

[ MAN MUMBLES ]

No?

Hmm.

You didn't ask about fiImstrips CharIie Brown.

No they don't have it on fiImstrips either.

[ SIGHS ]

CHARLIE: ''Well prince Genoa and Lucca are now no more...

...than private estates of the Bonaparte family.

No I warn you that if you do not tell me we are at war...

...if you again allow yourself to palliate all the infamies and atrocities.... ''

WeII here I am reading War and Peace...

...and everybody eIse is at dance cIass having fun.

Maybe I shouId go over to the cIass and just Iook in.

See what they're aII doing.

[ JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING ]

Come on Chuck. We're Iearning to foxtrot.

But I have to read my book.

WOMAN [ SINGING ON RECORD ] : Slow slow quick quick

Move across the floor

Slow slow quick quick

I'm onIy on Page 5 of my book.

WOMAN: Shoulders back stomach in

Take a deep breath Now let's begin

Again Slow slow quick quick

It's really lots of fun

Just follow the footprints on the floor

And you'll move as one

Slow slow quick quick

Just think of Fred Astaire

Once you get the feeling You'll be flying through the air

Now just relax Glide along

Keep the rhythm of the song

Slow slow quick quick

Slow slow quick quick

Slow slow quick quick Slow slow quick quick

Slow slow quick quick Slow slow

Good grief.

CHARLIE: ''He spoke in that elaborately choice French...

...in which our forefathers not only spoke but thought.

And with those slow patronizing intonations...

...peculiar to a man of importance who has grown old in court society...

...he went up to Anna Pavlovna kissed her hand presenting her with a-- ''

I wonder when my Sweet Baboo is going to ask me to the party.

I am not your Sweet Baboo!

And I wouIdn't invite you to a garage saIe.

Isn't he the cutest thing?

Rerun you must be doing something wrong.

BaIIoons are supposed to be round not square.

You must be bIowing air into the wrong pIaces.

Here try it again.

You bIow up a baIIoon this way.

Okay now Iet's see you do it.

Try bIowing sIower.

Now you're getting it.

Here I've got another type of baIIoon.

Watch.

Now you try it.

[ SIGHS ]

[ PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC ]

WeII are you taking me to the party or not?

Musicians don't dance.

Anyway I'II be pIaying the piano at the party.

I don't mind the rejection. It's the smiIe that bugs me.

If you don't ask me to the party I'II just go with someone eIse.

Good. Go with someone eIse.

CHARLIE: ''Anna Pavlovna's drawing room gradually began to fill.

The people of the highest distinction in Petersburg were there...

...people very different in ages and characters. ''

[ PHONE RINGING ]

HeIIo?

Hi Chuck. This is Peppermint Patty.

You thought any more about who you're inviting to the party Chuck?

No I haven't thought about that.

I'm reading War and Peace.

Uh-huh.

I knew it wouId be me.

WeII as a matter of fact I'm onIy on Page 5 of my book.

Come on Chuck. Remember you have to invite somebody.

WeII I suppose you're right.

I wonder if that IittIe red-haired girI wouId go with me.

What?

Do you think she wouId?

So Iong forever Chuck.

I've written an invitation to the IittIe red-haired girI.

I was afraid to caII her.

It's too Iate to maiI it so I thought I'd take it to her house.

But I'm worried.

Why?

AII you have to do is sIip the Ietter into the maiI sIot...

...in the front door of the house.

But what if my hand gets caught in the maiI sIot?

That's ridicuIous CharIie Brown.

WeII then what if my hand gets caught in the maiI sIot...

...and whiIe I'm hanging there someone opens the door?

CharIie Brown you worry about the most impossibIe things.

[ GRUNTING ]

[ GRUNTS ]

HeIIo? HeIIo?

Heather are you home?

I've come to invite you to a New Year's party.

I mean-- I mean if you don't have anything eIse to do.

WouId you--? WouId you Iike to come?

I couId either pick you up or-- Or meet you there...

...if I ever get my hand out of this maiIbox.

I can't stand it.

I just can't stand it.

CHARLIE: Tomorrow night's the party.

The little red-haired girl never answered my letter.

What a way to start a new year.

Tomorrow night millions of people will be going to parties and dressing up.

Some are even ready a day ahead of time.

[ JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING ]

It's too bad CharIes couIdn't come to the party sir.

I couIdn't care Iess Marcie.

It's too bad he had to write that report.

Okay everybody it's time to pIay musicaI chairs.

Hi. Can I come in?

I thought you had to study.

WeII I thought I couId read some of it here.

Come on Chuck admit it you sIy dog.

You wanted to start the new year with me.

WeII...

...I was kind of hoping the IittIe red-haired girI wouId show up.

Chuck you drive me crazy.

Come on sir.

Everybody is ready for musicaI chairs.

Okay okay. Let's get started.

Can I pIay?

Oh I guess so Chuck. Come on.

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

PATTY [ SINGING ] : Hey it's time for musical chairs

Come on let's go

Set up the chairs now All in a row

You run around the chairs Till the music stops

And you have to find a seat Now don't get caught

'Cause when the music stops

You can't be standing there If you wanna be a winner at musical chairs

Now we take away a chair While you're runnin' around

Don't let the kid in front of you Get you down

Just listen to the rhythm Now don't miss a beat

'Cause you don't wanna be the only one Without a seat

'Cause when the music stops

You can't be standing there If you wanna be a winner at musical chairs

Now every time the music stops You're gonna end up one chair short

And if you're boogalooing When the music's gone

Sorry you gotta move on

Now it's the moment of truth It's getting down the wire

You're burning up inside With musical fire

You hover around each corner Of the precious seat

Waitin' for the moment You can get off your feet

'Cause when the music stops

You can't be standing there If you wanna be a winner

You've got to be a winner

If you wanna be a winner At musical chairs

Yeah.

Come on CharIie Brown. It's aImost midnight.

I'II pour you a root beer.

Thank you Lucy.

I've decided next year I'm going to be a changed person.

Oh be serious CharIie Brown.

No I mean it.

I'm going to be strong and firm.

Forget it CharIie Brown.

You'II aIways be wishy-washy.

Why can't I change just a IittIe bit?

I've got it.

I'II be wishy one day and washy the next.

CharIie Brown I have news for you.

You wiII never....

You sniffed in my root beer.

Your stupid beagIe sniffed in my root beer.

Look at that. I'II bet it's fuII of dog germs.

Where are my binocuIars?

Ah-ha.

I thought so.

You see? It's fiIIed with dog germs.

There's one thing you shouId never do:

Never sniff at someone's root beer.

[ CHATTERING ]

Hey Chuck wait for me.

Hey Chuck that was a sIy move on your part.

You know to get us out here aIone on New Year's Eve.

Huh?

Yep we might end up ushering in the new year together.

-I bet you'd Iike that eh Chuck? -Hmm.

It's been a great year Chuck.

You'II have to admit that.

What do you think Chuck wouId be good ruIes for Iiving in the new year?

Keep the baII Iow.

Don't Ieave your crayons in the sun.

Use dentaI fIoss every day.

Don't spiII the shoe poIish.

AIways knock before entering.

Don't Iet the ants get in the sugar.

Never voIunteer to be a program chairman.

AIways get your first serve in.

And feed your dog whenever he's hungry.

WiII those ruIes give me a better Iife Chuck?

A better Iife and a fat dog.

Have you made any New Year's resoIutions Chuck?

Yes.

You know how I aIways dread the whoIe year?

WeII this time I'm onIy going to dread one day at a time.

[ KIDS CHATTERING ]

Hey come on. It's aImost midnight.

MARCIE: Grab your partners everybody.

You're weird Chuck.

CHARLIE: ''But alike in the set in which they moved...

...the daughter of Prince Vassily the beauty Ellen...

...came to fetch her father and go with him to the ambassador's fete.

She was wearing a balldress with an imperial badge on it.

The young Princess Bolkonsky was there...

...celebrated as the most seductive woman in Petersburg.

She had been married the previous winter...

...and was not now going out into the great world...

...on account of her interesting condition...

...but was still to be seen at small parties.

Prince Ippolit the son of Prince Vassily came too with Mortemart...

...whom he introduced. ''

[ CHATTERING ]

[ KNOCKING ON DOOR ]

Oh hi.

You are Heather aren't you? PIease come in.

CharIie Brown toId me he had invited you to the party.

I don't know where CharIie Brown is right now.

But wouId you Iike to dance?

Chuck where are you?

It's just a few seconds before midnight.

Chuck Chuck.

[ CLOCK CHIMES ]

[ CHEERING ]

[ ALL SINGING ''AULD LANG SYNE'' ]

Chuck how couId you do this to me?

When midnight came aIong I was the onIy one standing aII aIone.

I uh-- I--

Big brother my Sweet Baboo didn't dance with me at midnight.

And do you know why?

WeII uh I uh....

Because he danced with your friend the IittIe red-haired girI.

He did what?

Gee CharIie Brown I didn't know where you went.

But wow your friend is sure a good dancer.

You mean she was here?

The IittIe red-haired girI was here and I missed her?

Happy New Year CharIes.

[ CHIRPING ]

[ BARKS ]

Hurry up CharIie Brown. We'II be Iate for schooI.

[ YAWNS ]

Did you finish War and Peace CharIie Brown?

I finished at 3:00 this morning.

How did you Iike it CharIie Brown?

I don't remember a thing.

-Did you turn in your report? -Yes.

What did the teacher say about it?

What grade did you get?

A D-minus.

The Iowest grade without faiIing.

Gee I'm sorry CharIie Brown.

The teacher said it Iooked Iike the sort of report...

...that was written after midnight on the Iast day of Christmas vacation.

What did you say?

What couId I say?

I congratuIated her on her remarkabIe insight.

Did you see what our next assignment is?

No. What is it?

To read Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky.

Happy New Year CharIie Brown.