When “Snoopy’s Christmas,” a song by The Royal Guardsmen, was released in 1967, it was an international hit. It lacked longevity, though, and quickly fell off the radar. Except in New Zealand. And no one knows why. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum investigates Snoopy’s staying power.
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