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Writers:
Jon Stone (written by) and
Joseph A. Bailey (written by)
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Release Date:
3 December 1978 (USA) more
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Plot:
Big Bird worries when Oscar tells him that if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney on Christmas Eve, nobody would get presents. | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
One of the best Christmas specials ever! more (9 total)

Cast

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Jim Henson ... Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)

Frank Oz ... Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Jerry Nelson ... Snuffy / The Count (voice)
Richard Hunt ... Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)
Linda Bove ... Linda
Northern Calloway ... David
Debbie Chen ... Patty
Will Lee ... Mr. Hooper
Loretta Long ... Susan
Sonia Manzano ... Maria
Bob McGrath ... Bob

Roscoe Orman ... Gordon
Caroll Spinney ... Big Bird / Oscar (voice) (as Carroll Spinney)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alaina Reed Hall ... Olivia (as Alaina Reed)
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60 min
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Fun Stuff

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Continuity: When the neighbor kids are singing "Keep Christmas With You" at Bob's apartment, the Afro-American boy's cardigan is buttoned/unbuttoned between shots. more
Quotes:
Cookie Monster: [At the end of the movie, Susan and Gordon come home and see that Cookie Monster has eaten their Christmas tree] Ohhh, ohh, oh, Scotch pine delicious, but Douglas fir give me heartburn. Burp! Scuse me, ohhh, oh!
[Susan and Gordon look perplexed]
Cookie Monster: Burp! Oh sorry, oh!
[Credits roll]
Cookie Monster: Burp! Buuuuuuurrrp! Oh that a long one, buuuuurrp, buuuurrp, oh!
[Movie ends]
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Movie Connections:
Spin off from "Sesame Street" (1969) more
Soundtrack:
Keep Christmas with you more

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One of the best Christmas specials ever!, 3 December 2002
Author: Indyfan82

I can't believe nobody else has commented on this yet. This is definitely one of the best Christmas specials ever, for any age. I watch this almost every Christmas. It's a fun video to enjoy. Bert, Ernie, The Count, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and Kermit all go ice skating, which is fun to watch. They sing Feliz Navidad. Bert and Ernie act out the classic O. Henry story "The Gift of the Magi", with each selling a precious possession to buy the other something, only to render each other's gifts useless without the items they sold. Mr. Hooper is on there too and that's really neat seeing him on there. Big Bird, Kermit, and Grover all do interviews with children, trying to find out how Santa Claus gets down the chimney. Big Bird is worried about people getting gifts at Christmas if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney. Of course, this is prompted by Oscar the Grouch's teasing, who is actually sorry and worried about Big Bird at the end. The movie is very fun, filled with great songs, and really funny moments, like watching Cookie Monster try to send a letter to Santa Claus without eating his writing utensils in anticipation of the cookies he's going to ask for. You can get this movie on VHS video at Amazon.com and now it's on DVD.

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