Victoria de Puy was a teenager when her friend gave her a book of Peanuts comics. She fell in admire with the series immediately. Her daughter Geraldine got indoctrinated early: as soon as she was born,Victoria surrounded her with Peanuts memorabilia, lunchboxes, or t-shirts,and pajamas. There’s some debate between the two as to what Geraldines first words were — either “Snoopy” or “agua.” Then the family moved from Panama City to London. Feeling isolated in a recent country, Victoria and Geraldine bonded more closely over Peanuts. They saw the friendship between Snoopy and Woodstock as a reflection of their own. Their relationship “transcends that of mother and daughter, or ” Geraldine says. “It really becomes one of companion,and I think Snoopy and Woodstock are those companions to each other.”(Originally aired November 2, 2007)
Source: wnyc.org