Director Trademark: Wes Anderson: [peanuts] Max’s dad is a barber, as was Charlie Brown’s & “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz’s. Max flies a kite, which Charlie Brown was often seen attempting. Max is seen wearing a winter cap and carrying a plant, similar to a scene with Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas. In the beginning of the “December” sequence in the barber shop, a musical interlude from A Charlie Brown Christmas can be heard playing in the background.