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Great Pumpkin
Peanuts comic strip character
Great Pumpkin
The Great Pumpkin is an unseen character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. According to Linus van Pelt, the Great Pumpkin is a legendary personality who rises from the pumpkin patch on Halloween carrying a large bag of toys to deliver to believing children. Linus continues to maintain faith in the Great Pumpkin, despite his friends' mockery and disbelief. The Great Pumpkin was first introduced in the strip dated October 26, 1959, and Schulz subsequently reworked the premise many times throughout the run of Peanuts. It notably inspired the 1966 animated television special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and Vince Guaraldi's recurring musical theme "The Great Pumpkin Waltz". The strips of October 30, 1977, and October 26, 1986, both include a thematical illustration of the Great Pumpkin in the title panel, which is not part of the story of the strip. While Schulz usually avoided outright politics, he enjoyed his Great Pumpkin strips and incorporating religious references...
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