Schulz's comic strips. The stories center on classic holiday themes: Charlie Brown selling wreaths and comic books to buy a gift for Peggy Jean, Sally misunderstanding the true meaning of Christmas as materialism, Peppermint Patty struggling with a book report and pageant role as a sheep, a Nativity play with Marcie as Mary and Franklin as Gabriel, and Snoopy's antics.

Linus references the Nativity and Albert Schweitzer in traditional fashion, with no modern activist framing. The special draws its vignettes straight from the original Peanuts strips with no source alterations, keeping the focus on timeless holiday commercialization critique and religious Nativity elements. Established characters and voice casting remain unchanged from franchise canon, resulting in an absence of any ideological messaging or contemporary revisions that would elevate the woke score.