Schroeder: This is the music I've selected for the Christmas play.
[Schroeder plays Fur Elise]
Lucy Van Pelt: What kind of Christmas music is *that*?
Schroeder: Beethoven Christmas music.
Lucy Van Pelt: What has Beethoven got to do with Christmas? Everyone talks about how "great" Beethoven was. Beethoven wasn't so great.
[Schroeder stops playing]
Schroeder: What do you mean Beethoven wasn't so great?
Lucy Van Pelt: He never got his picture on bubble gum cards, did he? Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble gum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubble gum cards?
Schroeder: Good grief.
(from "A Charlie Brown Christmas", 1965)
Okay, so maybe it's not Beethoven, but today's treat is doing double duty -- I decided to put together a special episode of my podcast, Purl Diving, using podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network and Magnatune. Just head over to the podcast page for the complete play list and instructions on how to download the .mp3 file.
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