    ‘Sentence 1: When did a Charlie Brown Christmas debut?    ‘Sentence 2: Since 2000, ABC has also owned the television rights  to most of the Peanuts television specials, having acquired the  broadcast rights from CBS, which originated the specials in 1965  with the debut of A Charlie Brown Christmas (other Peanuts  specials broadcast annually by ABC, including A Charlie Brown  Christmas, include Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A  Charlie Brown Thanksgiving).    