I never thought it was. It even feels out of place to me on the Charlie Brown Christmas Album. Kind of like they threw in the generic Charlie Brown theme song as a bonus.
What lyrics?
It was written for the Christmas show and album.
This is why I voted “No” in the poll.
Maybe because I heard “Linus and Lucy” in some other context not associated with Christmas long before ever seeing (or hearing) the Christmas TV shows, I just didn’t pick up any Christmas vibe from it.
On the other hand, how can you avoid the Christmas connection with Christmas Time is Here?
Next to Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Waltz it’s my favorite secular song of the season.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. Are we thinking of the same song with the same lyrics? There’s lyrics of “snowing and blowing up bushels of fun”, “dancing and prancing […] in the frosty air,” and “gliding in a one-horse sleigh.” I mean, you don’t need to know the reference of “jingle bells” to know it’s about the winter.
I don’t think of those as Christmas songs. I actually did not realize they were associated with Christmas at all.
I’ve always thought of it as the “Peanuts” song. I’ve never associated it with Christmas.
Yes and no.
Yes because you can include it in a Christmas collection and few would bat an eye, for the reasons mentioned above.
No because you can play it when it’s not Christmas and nobody bats an eye.
Best of both worlds. Plus, it rocks. But I just can’t quite handle the syncopation. In my mind, there’s always a half-beat between the theme and the jazzy part. Drives me nuts, but try as I might, I just can’t tap my foot the way the sheet music implies I should, during the theme.
Oh well. I play it anyway. My head’s just in the wrong place when I do. I doubt anyone’s ever noticed my error.
Music is what we associate it with. I strongly associate it with Christmas, therefore it is Christmas music. They roped me in when I was a kid. The entire soundtrack to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is some of my favorite Christmas music.
No wishy-washiness here! You have to commit 
I played this for a keyboard skills class in college, where the assignment was to learn and play a Christmas song. I passed…so, yeah.
It’s not a Christmas song (instrumental, whatever), but it is the primary track on one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time, which makes it appropriate for Christmas music compilations.
Vince was best known for his latin jazz, and L&L is, ironically, the only latin-flavored piece on the soundtrack.
Yes, it is Christmas music.
It is also anytime music, and there aren’t many pieces of music that can manage that.
it is absolutely christmas music, for me.
I don’t think of it as Christmas music, mainly because Metropolitan Life uses it in their commercials, as well as using the Peanuts characters as mascots.
Actually, no.
“Named after the characters Linus and Lucy van Pelt, it was released in 1964 on the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s album Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown. A Charlie Brown Christmas introduced the song to a television audience of millions of children beginning in 1965. Since that special, the song has been included in most of the Peanuts specials.”
It was not made for the Christmas special and it was used in almost all of the specials. If all you saw was the Christmas special I can see how you would think it is a Christmas song. If you saw all the other specials it sounds like a tv show theme song.
No. It’s Peanuts music, but it’s not necessarily Christmas music.
Interestingly this question was kind of a sequel to that question.
What lyrics?
Linus and Lucy! and Li-nus…
and Lucy and Li-!
(ba ba dum bah)
nus and Lucy and! Linus and Lu-…
cyyyyy and Linus!
Linus and Loo!
(da dahdah da da dahdah dahdah)
cee and Linus!
(da dahdah da da dahdah dahdah)
Linus and Lucyyyyyyy…
I’m OK with it being played as a Christmas song, but I don’t personally associate it with Christmas any more than I do with Hallowe’en, as it was featured in both 1965’s A Charlie Brown Christmas and 1966’s It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.