Kevin Rhodes Christmastime is Hereâ is the name of the song the Charlie Brown characters sang in the famous Christmas special while decorating trees and skating on the ice. Itâs true that the holiday season is upon us, but boy is it different than any other in memory. Itâs no secret that for the duration of the pandemic, everything associated with live performance or live attendance at everything from concerts, to sports, to church is necessarily either on hold, or the word weâre all getting tired of hearing â distanced. The reason that song from the âCharlie Brown Christmas Specialâ is in my head today is because of the pandemic and the fact that I found myself playing it along with a bunch of other Christmas songs for a filming session last week for the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. While I really love playing that song, I never imagined that me playing it would be part of a holiday concert I would be putting together.