For the second year running, the Atlanta-based will perform Vince Guaraldi’s "A Charlie Brown Christmas," with popular Atlanta artist Jeffrey Butzer at the helm. Local musicians T.T. Mahony (piano) and Adrian Ash (bass) round out the performance, and Butzer will play drums.

It makes perfect sense Jeffrey Butzer is a key element of this project, as his style falls in line with the mood of the album. After all, he is the man who is somehow making the accordion “cool” again, and that’s accomplished through simplicity, talent and charm, much like the soundtrack he and the others will perform Saturday night.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” evokes what is almost a sophisticated nostalgia – childhood again seems somewhat sparked, as the appreciation of the arrangement and svelte simplicity of the songs is heightened.

Recorded by the Vince Guaraldi Trio in 1965, the music gave backbone to what was considered a feat at the time – the debut of the first animated show aired in prime time. And despite the overt Christian overtones all Peanuts stories carry, their role in many of our childhoods is strong, something that surely has stayed with us. After all, as writer Paul Auster wrote in “The Invention of Solitude,” adulthood is such “a strange thing to happen to a little boy.”

The show starts at 9:30, and will be awesome, we’re sure. El Capitan and Grinder Nova will open, and Butzer will play a solo set leave the kids at home – as everyone knows, the EARL is 21 and up.

Listen to the interview with Butzer and T.T. Mahoney here, and go see the show at the EARL in East Atlanta Saturday, 19 December, at 9:30 p.m. Below is a clip from last year's show: