Die Muppets feiern Weihnacht ("The Muppets Celebrate Christmas") is the German dub of A Muppet Family Christmas. The dub first aired on December 23, 1990 on ZDF. The special was one of the last projects to use substantially the same voices as Die Muppet Show, although Andreas von der Meden of Sesamstrasse dubbed Kermit.

All of the musical numbers are fully dubbed, with the exception of the closing medley. Among other dubbing oddities, both Big Bird (throughout the special) and the Count (when singing) are voiced by women.

The special was released under the title Die Muppets feiern Weihnachten (both German spellings are technically correct) on home video in PAL format on November 1, 2000, under the Sony label.

Edits

• A brief segment (5 seconds) where Fozzie Bear and Elmo light the Christmas tree only appears in the original English version from 1987.
• A scene with Fozzie and Ma Bear hanging stockings right after the carol sing (16 seconds) also only appears in the original English version from 1987. In the scene, Ma Bear hangs Fozzie's stocking on the fireplace, which embarrasses her son a little.

Voices

• Andreas von der Meden as Kermit der Frosch
• Bruno W. Pantel as Fozzie Bär
• Marianne Wischmann as Miss Piggy
• Werner Abrolat as Gonzo
• Christina Hoeltel as Scooter
• Michael Rüth as Rowlf
• Eberhard Storeck as der dänische Koch, Robin, das Tier, Gobo Fraggle (singing voice), Beaker, Dr. Goldzahn (speaking voice), , Krümelmonster, Sprocket, and others
• Manfred Lichtenfeld as Statler and Dr. Goldzahn (singing voice)
• Walter Reichelt as Waldorf
• Wolf Ackva as Sam der Adler
• Paul Lasner as Floyd Pepper
• Gaby Fehling as Janice (speaking voice)
• Gerd Duwner as Ernie (speaking voice)
• Horst Schön as Bert (speaking voice)
• Alf Marholm as Graf Zahl (speaking voice)
• Donald Arthur as Boober Fraggle and Beauregard
• Fred Maire as Gobo Fraggle (speaking voice)
• Christa Häussler as Red Fraggle
• Sabine Plessner as Mokey Fraggle
• Alice Franz as Ma Bear and Janice (singing voice)
• Michael Habeck as der Schneemann
• Franz Rudnick as der Nachrichtensprecher
• Kurt Zips as Dr. Honigtau Bunsenbrenner
• Harald Baerow as Zoot
• Unknown voice actors as Doc, der Weihnachtstruthahn, Wembley Fraggle, Bibo, Oskar der Griesgram, Grover (not called bis his German name, Grobi, in this special), Herry Monster (not called by his German name, Lulatsch, in this special), Robert, Rizzo die Ratte, Maureen der Nerz, as well as the singing voices of Ernie, Bert, Graf Zahl, Fozzie Bär, der Schneemann

Credits

• Director/Adaptor: Eberhard Storeck
• Editor: Hans-Dieter Radke