Charlie Brown Christmas tree

English

Etymology

A sad-looking Charlie Brown Christmas tree

See Charlie Brown tree.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑːli bɹaʊn ˈkɹɪsməs tɹiː/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑɹli bɹaʊn ˈkɹɪsməs tɹi/
• Hyphenation: Char‧lie Brown Christ‧mas tree

Noun

Charlie Brown Christmas tree (plural Charlie Brown Christmas trees)

1. Synonym of Charlie Brown tree.
   • 1999, Peter Bartula, “Well Then, Where the Hell is She?: Where to Look for the Perfect Woman”, in The Complete Male Handbook for Sex, Dating, and Other Trivial Stuff, Lincoln, Neb.: toExcel Press, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 27:

     My friends have wives that I'd be happy to take home to Mom, but I've only met the Charlie Brown Christmas trees of the dating world.

   • 2009 July 6, Doneareum S. Winston, “Born into the Struggle”, in Panning for Gold, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 24:

     We had a little tree in our den area with a few little lights on it. It reminded me of the Charlie Brown Christmas tree a little bit and I kind of felt sorry for us because I realized we were poor by society's standards.

   • 2010, Delilah Scott, Emma Troy, “’Tis Better to Give … Or Why Beauty is in the Eye of the Gift Giver”, in The Upside-down Christmas Tree and Other Bizarre Yuletide Tales, Guildford, Conn.: Lyons Press, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 115:

     [H]e spotted an abandoned tree near a dumpster at the back of the lot. It was a scrawny little thing, not much to look at. But it was a tree—and apparently it was free. Bob took it home to their little apartment, and Jayne nearly smothered the little tree in blinking lights and ornaments and garlands and tinsel. The baby was spellbound by the little Charlie Brown Christmas tree—and thus began a Ritter tradition.

   • 2014, Lev Grossman, The Magician’s Land (The Magicians Trilogy; 3), New York, N.Y.: Plume, published 2015, →ISBN, page 389:

     It was a humble little plant, fragile, a fledgling shrub with a few sprays of leaves—a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.