The final segment, “Spike’s Old Fashioned Christmas,” follows Snoopy as he goes to visit his brother Spike, who fans will recognize from “I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown ...

For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.” Snoopy, the beloved cartoon beagle based on Schulz’s own family dog Spike, first appeared in the Peanuts comic strip on Oct. 4 ...

But Snoopy began his life as a normal dog – or rather, as a more anatomically correct depiction of a dog. He was inspired by Schulz’s childhood dog, Spike, a mixed-breed loved for his ...