Vince Guaraldi scored the Peanuts specials the way a jazz trio plays a late set, loose and unhurried, and the Thanksgiving music is the warmest of the bunch. The main theme ambles, 'Little Birdie' gives Guaraldi a rare turn at the microphone with a shuffling vocal blues, and 'Linus and Lucy' turns up because it always does. It is holiday music that never condescends, written by a working San Francisco pianist who happened to be scoring cartoons. Indie exclusive pink jelly bean pressing.