From "atrocious" to "ugly," many of the words used over the last week to describe Reading's official Christmas ... the tree with a single red ornamental bulb, just like Charlie Brown's scrawny ...

The tree was rededicated, and a single red ornament was placed on it, just like the Christmas tree in the classic Charlie Brown story. (READING EAGLE) The library also will offer several showings ...

The special is so iconic that the idea of a "Charlie Brown Christmas tree"—a tiny, spindly Christmas tree that can barely hold up an ornament—is a reference that pretty much anyone can understand.