Setting

From Peanuts Wiki

There is a dispute between where the Peanuts gang live. Back in the early 1960s, there was a character named 5. His last name was the zip code of Sebastopol, California (where Charles Schulz's office was located). Then again there is snow during the winter at their hometown, suggesting it would be near St. Paul or Minneapolis, where Charles Schulz grew up. Then, there is a comic strip with Linus hugging a sign that said in bold letters, "Pinetree Corners." Schulz meant to put that in as an "inside joke" and said that wasn't where they lived. However, the Peanuts specials in the 1960's as well as the first movie A Boy Named Charlie Brown opened with an overhead shot of St. Paul (A Boy Named Charlie Brown opened with a shot of Minneapolis). The ones in the 1970s and 1980s (with the captive animation), kept on suggesting it was in California (the specials of that era and A Boy Named Charlie Browns sequel Snoopy Come Home were set in Santa Rosa as stand-ins for Minneapolis). After all, there is more association of Peanuts in Santa Rosa, California (where Charles Schulz's new office was) than in Minneapolis or St. Paul (especially after Camp Snoopy in that area changed sponsors).