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'''''Christmas Eve on Sesame Street''''' is an hour-long, [[Emmy Award]]-winning ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Christmas]] special that first aired on [[PBS]] on December 3, [[1978]], at 7pm.
 
   
 
'''''Christmas Eve on Sesame Street''''' is an hour-long, [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]]-winning ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Christmas]] special that first aired on [[PBS]] on December 3, [[1978]], at 7pm.
[[Oscar the Grouch]] raises doubts about whether [[Santa Claus]] can deliver presents on Christmas Eve if he can't fit through the narrow chimneys on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]], so [[Big Bird]] decides to stay up all night to solve the mystery with the help of his friends, [[Debbie Chen|Patty]], [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], and [[Grover]]. He freezes his giblets while waiting on the roof of [[123 Sesame Street]] and is rescued by [[Gordon]] and [[Susan]]. Before his rescue, during the search, [[Maria]] confronted Oscar for upsetting Big Bird. It was revealed that Oscar was only teasing him.
 
   
 
[[Oscar the Grouch]] raises doubts about whether [[Santa Claus]] can deliver presents on Christmas Eve if he can't fit through the narrow chimneys on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]], so [[Big Bird]] resolves to figure it out with the help of his friends [[Debbie Chen|Patty]], [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], and [[Grover]]. Big Bird falls asleep while waiting on the roof of [[123 Sesame Street]] to see Santa go down the chimney and is rescued by [[Gordon]] and [[Susan]]. Before his rescue, during the search, [[Maria]] confronts Oscar for upsetting Big Bird.
Meanwhile, [[Cookie Monster]] tries to communicate with Santa to ask for cookies for [http://www.christmasloanss.co.uk/ Christmas] , but on all three attempts he gets so carried away with thinking about what sort of cookies Santa will bring him, that he winds up [[Items Other Than Cookies Consumed by Cookie Monster|eating a pencil, typewriter, and telephone]]. While all this is going on, [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] re-enact O. Henry's classic story "[[The Gift of the Magi]]" and, with the help of [[Mr. Hooper]], learn a valuable lesson about generosity. know more about www.christmasloanss.co.uk
 
   
 
Meanwhile, [[Cookie Monster]] tries to communicate with Santa to ask for cookies for Christmas, but on all three attempts he gets so carried away with thinking about what sort of cookies Santa will bring him, that he winds up [[Items other than cookies consumed by Cookie Monster|eating a pencil, typewriter, and telephone]]. While all this is going on, [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] re-enact O. Henry's classic story "[[The Gift of the Magi]]" and, with the help of [[Mr. Hooper]], learn a valuable lesson about generosity.
The program features a variety of seasonal tunes, including "[[True Blue Miracle]]," "[[Keep Christmas With You (All Through the Year)]]," "[[I Hate Christmas]]," and "[[Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]]." The special opens with an ice-skating sequence, combining the Sesame characters from ''[[Ice Follies]]'' with the Sesame Street humans to create the illusion that the entire cast of the show is enjoying an ice-skating trip. One of the highlights of this section is Big Bird skating with a little girl to [[José Feliciano]]'s recording of "[[Feliz Navidad]]".
 
   
 
The program features a variety of seasonal tunes, including "[[True Blue Miracle]]," "[[Keep Christmas with You (All Through the Year)]]," "[[I Hate Christmas]]," and "[[Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]]." The special opens with an ice-skating sequence, combining the Sesame characters from ''[[Ice Follies]]'' with the Sesame Street humans to create the illusion that the entire cast of the show is enjoying an ice-skating trip. One of the highlights of this section is Big Bird skating with a little girl to [[José Feliciano]]'s recording of "[[Feliz Navidad]]."
 
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File:Xmasanother81.jpg|A little girl teaches Big Bird how to skate.
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Xmasanother81.jpg|A little girl teaches Big Bird how to skate.
File:Xmasanother82.jpg|The Count and Cookie Monster play "Snap the Whip."
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Xmasanother82.jpg|The Count and Cookie Monster play "Snap the Whip."
File:Xmasanother86.jpg|Big Bird and Patty helps Oscar on his feet after being tossed into the air.
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Xmasanother86.jpg|Big Bird and Patty help Oscar on his feet after being tossed into the air.
File:Xmasanother89.jpg|The cast leave the ice-rink and head back home while singing "True Blue Miracle."
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Xmasanother89.jpg|The cast leave the Skyview Rink and head back home while singing "True Blue Miracle."
File:Xmasanother93.jpg|Big Bird and Patty are joined by Kermit to determine how Santa gets down the chimney.
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Xmasanother93.jpg|Big Bird and Patty are joined by Kermit to determine how Santa gets down the chimney.
File:Xmasanother97.jpg|Meanwhile, Grover and Kermit ask some kids.
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Xmasanother97.jpg|Meanwhile, Grover and Kermit ask some kids, including [[Christopher Wein]].
File:Xmasanother99.jpg|Linda and the kids sign "Keep Christmas with You."
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Xmasanother99.jpg|Linda and the kids sign "Keep Christmas with You."
File:Xmasanother101.jpg|At [[Hooper's Store]], Ernie trades his Rubber Duckie to get Bert a cigar box to put his paper clip collection in...
 
File:Xmasanother102.jpg|...while Bert trades his paper clip collection to buy Ernie a soap dish for his Rubber Duckie.
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Xmasanother101.jpg|At [[Hooper's Store]], Ernie trades his Rubber Duckie to get Bert a cigar box to put his paper clip collection in...
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Xmasanother102.jpg|...while Bert trades his paper clip collection to buy Ernie a soap dish for his Rubber Duckie.
Image:Cookie.jpg|Cookie Monster has a hard time contacting Santa Claus.
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Cookie.jpg|Cookie Monster has a hard time contacting Santa Claus.
File:Xmasanother104.jpg|Kermit analyzes the list of answers given by the kids.
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Xmasanother104.jpg|Kermit analyzes the list of answers given by the kids.
File:Xmasanother106.jpg|Snuffy voluntarily gets into a barrel to show how Santa gets down a chimney.
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Xmasanother106.jpg|Snuffy voluntarily gets into a barrel to show how Santa gets down a chimney.
File:Xmasanother107.jpg|Bob wishes Mr. Hooper a Happy Hanukkah.
 
File:Xmasanother109.jpg|Mr. Hooper wishes Bob a Merry Christmas.
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Xmasanother107.jpg|Bob wishes Mr. Hooper a Happy Hanukkah.
File:Xmasanother110.jpg|Oscar expresses how much he hates Christmas...
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Xmasanother109.jpg|Mr. Hooper wishes Bob a Merry Christmas.
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Xmasanother110.jpg|Oscar expresses how much he hates Christmas...
File:Xmasanother111.jpg|...by trying to ruin it for everyone else.
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Xmasanother111.jpg|...by trying to ruin it for everyone else.
File:Xmasanother112.jpg|Mr. Hooper points to his "Noel" sign which now reads "NO."
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Xmasanother112.jpg|Mr. Hooper points to his "Noel" sign which now reads "NO."
File:Xmasanother114.jpg|Ernie and Bert open each other's presents...
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Xmasanother114.jpg|Ernie and Bert open each other's presents...
File:Xmasanother116.jpg|...then, Mr. Hooper stops by to give them exactly what they wanted for Christmas.
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Xmasanother116.jpg|...then, Mr. Hooper stops by to give them exactly what they wanted for Christmas.
File:Xmasanother119.jpg|Big Bird waits on the roof for Santa, despite the heavy snow.
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Xmasanother119.jpg|Big Bird waits on the roof for Santa, despite the heavy snow.
File:Xmasanother122.jpg|Maria confronts Oscar about Big Bird's disappearance.
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Xmasanother122.jpg|Maria confronts Oscar about Big Bird's disappearance.
File:Xmasanother124.jpg|Gifts from Santa for Susan, Gordon, and Cookie Monster.
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Xmasanother124.jpg|Gifts from Santa for Susan, Gordon, and Cookie Monster.
File:Xmasanother127.jpg|Big Bird and Patty gaze upon the Christmas Tree in [[the Arbor]].
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Xmasanother127.jpg|Big Bird and Patty gaze upon the Christmas Tree in [[the yard]].
File:Xmasanother128.jpg|"Scotchpine Delicious!"
 
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Xmasanother128.jpg|"Scotch pine delicious, but Douglas fir give me heartburn!"
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==Cast==
 
==Cast==
[[Image:ChristmasEveonSSTVGuideAd.jpg|thumb|300px|A ''[[TV Guide]]'' advertisement for the special.]]
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[[File:ChristmasEveonSSTVGuideAd.jpg|thumb|300px|A ''[[TV Guide]]'' advertisement for the special.]]
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[[File:Christmas Eve promo|thumb|300px|[[PBS Interstitials|PBS promo]] for the special, starring Oscar the Grouch]]
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[[File:Big_Bird_and_Patty_Experience_the_Tree.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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*'''Muppets:''' [[Big Bird]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Bert]], [[Ernie]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Grover]], [[Count von Count]]
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*'''Muppet Performers:''' [[Jim Henson]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Caroll Spinney]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Richard Hunt]]
 
*'''Muppet Performers:''' [[Jim Henson]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Caroll Spinney]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Richard Hunt]]
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*'''Cast:''' [[Linda Bove]], [[Northern Calloway]], [[Debbie Chen]], [[Will Lee]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Roscoe Orman]], [[Alaina Reed]]
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*'''Cast:''' [[Linda Bove]], [[Northern Calloway]], [[Will Lee]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Roscoe Orman]], [[Alaina Reed]]
*'''Skating Muppets:''' skaters from the [[Ice Follies]] shows
 
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*'''Kids:''' [[Debbie Chen]] (as Patty), [[Christopher Wein]], [[Kathleen Reilly|Katie Reilly]], [[Jennifer Altman]], [[Marlena Attinasi]], [[Billy Mack]]
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*'''Skating Muppets:''' skaters from the [[Ice Follies|Holiday on Ice]] shows
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* [[Jon Stone]] provides the voice of Santa Claus when Cookie Monster tries calling him.<ref>[http://themuppetmindset.blogspot.com/2011/12/interview-with-muppet-writer-joseph.html The Muppet Mindset interview with Joseph A. Bailey]</ref>
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* When Big Bird and Patty check on Oscar following his ice skating accident, his original line was "Sure. I've been thrown out of better places than that." It was later re-dubbed in post-production (to "Let's go back and do it again!"), as the original line was deemed too adult.<ref>Bailey, Joseph. ''[[Memoirs of a Muppets Writer]]'', page 236</ref> The line appears in [[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (book)|the storybook adaptation]], however.
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* [[Oscar's trash can]] area is modified to resemble its initial, pre-1974 arrangement.
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* The special was added to the [[HBO Max]] streaming library on December 8, 2020. This release omits the use of [[José Feliciano]]'s recording of "[[Feliz Navidad]]," as well as most of the funding credits.
   
 
==Credits==
 
==Credits==
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* Written by [[Jon Stone]] and [[Joseph A. Bailey]]
 
* Written by [[Jon Stone]] and [[Joseph A. Bailey]]
 
* "[[True Blue Miracle]]" Composed by [[Carol Hall]]
 
* "[[True Blue Miracle]]" Composed by [[Carol Hall]]
* "[[Keep Christmas With You (All Through the Year)]]" and "[[I Hate Christmas]]" Composed by [[Sam Pottle]] and [[David Axlerod]]
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* "[[Keep Christmas with You (All Through the Year)|Keep Christmas With You (All Through the Year)]]" and "[[I Hate Christmas]]" Composed by [[Sam Pottle]] and [[David Axlerod]]
 
* Music by [[Dick Lieb]]
 
* Music by [[Dick Lieb]]
 
* Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
 
* Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
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* Associate Director: [[Ozzie Alfonso]]
 
* Associate Director: [[Ozzie Alfonso]]
 
* Production Supervisor: Robert Braithwaite
 
* Production Supervisor: Robert Braithwaite
* Muppet Designers: [[Don Sahlin]], [[Kermit Love]], and [[Caroly Wilcox]]
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* Muppet Designers: [[Don Sahlin|Donald Sahlin]], [[Kermit Love]], and [[Caroly Wilcox]]
 
* Art Director: [[Alan J. Compton]]
 
* Art Director: [[Alan J. Compton]]
 
* Production Stage Manager: [[Chet O'Brien]]
 
* Production Stage Manager: [[Chet O'Brien]]
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* Graphic Artist: Gerri Brioso
 
* Graphic Artist: Gerri Brioso
 
* Costume Designer: [[Bill Kellard]]
 
* Costume Designer: [[Bill Kellard]]
* Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
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* Wardrobe: [[Grisha Mynova]]
* Production Assistants: Mercedes Polanco, Sharen Gay, [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow]]
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* Production Assistants: [[Mercedes Polanco]], Sharen Gay, [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow|Cathi Rosenberg]]
 
* Technical Advisor: [[Walt Rauffer]]
 
* Technical Advisor: [[Walt Rauffer]]
 
* Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
 
* Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
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* Executive Producer: [[Jon Stone]]
 
* Executive Producer: [[Jon Stone]]
   
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*In various re-airings on [[PBS]] in the late-1980s, the closing scene with [[Susan]] and [[Gordon]] finding that [[Cookie Monster]] ate most of their Christmas tree was cut.
 
*On the DVD edition, the original [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]] logo with Christmas music was cut.
 
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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*''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (book)|Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'' (book)
 
*''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (book)|Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'' (book)
 
*''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (video)|Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'' (video)
 
*''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (video)|Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'' (video)
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Christmas Eve on Sesame Street is an hour-long, Emmy Award-winning Sesame Street Christmas special that first aired on PBS on December 3, 1978, at 7pm.

Oscar the Grouch raises doubts about whether Santa Claus can deliver presents on Christmas Eve if he can't fit through the narrow chimneys on Sesame Street, so Big Bird resolves to figure it out with the help of his friends Patty, Kermit, and Grover. Big Bird falls asleep while waiting on the roof of 123 Sesame Street to see Santa go down the chimney and is rescued by Gordon and Susan. Before his rescue, during the search, Maria confronts Oscar for upsetting Big Bird.

Meanwhile, Cookie Monster tries to communicate with Santa to ask for cookies for Christmas, but on all three attempts he gets so carried away with thinking about what sort of cookies Santa will bring him, that he winds up eating a pencil, typewriter, and telephone. While all this is going on, Ernie and Bert re-enact O. Henry's classic story "The Gift of the Magi" and, with the help of Mr. Hooper, learn a valuable lesson about generosity.

The program features a variety of seasonal tunes, including "True Blue Miracle," "Keep Christmas with You (All Through the Year)," "I Hate Christmas," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The special opens with an ice-skating sequence, combining the Sesame characters from Ice Follies with the Sesame Street humans to create the illusion that the entire cast of the show is enjoying an ice-skating trip. One of the highlights of this section is Big Bird skating with a little girl to José Feliciano's recording of "Feliz Navidad."

Cast

ChristmasEveonSSTVGuideAd

A TV Guide advertisement for the special.

Christmas_Eve_promo

Christmas Eve promo

PBS promo for the special, starring Oscar the Grouch

Big Bird and Patty Experience the Tree
ChristmasEveOnSS-CMScotchPine

Notes

  • Jon Stone provides the voice of Santa Claus when Cookie Monster tries calling him.[1]
  • When Big Bird and Patty check on Oscar following his ice skating accident, his original line was "Sure. I've been thrown out of better places than that." It was later re-dubbed in post-production (to "Let's go back and do it again!"), as the original line was deemed too adult.[2] The line appears in the storybook adaptation, however.
  • The special was added to the HBO Max streaming library on December 8, 2020. This release omits the use of José Feliciano's recording of "Feliz Navidad," as well as most of the funding credits.

Credits

Sources

See also