Watch: ‘Strange Things’ gets ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Mash-Up
Too good! Too good. Everything Stranger Things is filed-under “too good”, so it makes sense that this riff on A Charlie Brown Christmas does as well.
So much of Stranger Things‘ irresistible pull stems from its uncanny ability to push all your nostalgia buttons. It feels like classic Steven Spielberg and vintage Stephen King, referencing pop culture touchstones and reminding Gen Xers and older Millennials of a time when middle school kids were allowed to roam freely. But what if Stranger Things went even further? What if it doubled down on its nostalgic appeal by transforming itself into another childhood favorite, A Charlie Brown Christmas?
A Stranger Things Christmas imagines Will Byers struck by a downright Charlie Brown-esque sense of ennui right around the holiday, and going around getting advice from his old D&D buddies. And yes, they get a good Barb-related jab in there. Watch the Stranger Things Peanuts mashup below (but be warned there are major spoilers if you haven’t finished Stranger Things season one).
Leigh Lahav and Oren Mendez created the Stranger Things Peanuts mashup.