Charlie Brown tree
noun/ˈtʃɑːli bɹaʊn ˈtɹiː/UK/ˈtʃɑɹli bɹaʊn ˈtɹi/US
Etymology
A reference to the animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) based on the comic strip Peanuts by American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000), in which the title character Charlie Brown picks an unattractive Christmas tree to decorate. The selection of the tree represents a protest against the commercialization of Christmas.
Definitions
A Christmas tree considered unattractive and undesirable by normal standards, often small…
A Christmas tree considered unattractive and undesirable by normal standards, often small and sparse.
- There is a place in our Christmas for a Charlie Brown tree—as the Children's Tree.
- As Regina put it, "It was the ugliest, skinniest Charlie Brown tree you ever saw."
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA