Sesame Street - Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
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Actor: Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Sesame Street GangBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
Published: 1987
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sesame Street
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- This Emmy Award-winning musical from 1978 explores an age-old Christmas conundrum: how does a big guy like Santa Claus squeeze down all those narrow chimneys? When Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends set out to find the answer one Christmas Eve, they explore a variety of amusing theories and learn a lot about the meaning of Christmas in the process. You won't want to miss seeing all your fa
Movie Reviews of Sesame Street - Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Movie Review: Big Bird, Thank God YOU Saved Christmas
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember a day when there was no furry little red creature that had to hog all the attention on a show called Sesame Street. Ah, the days before Elmo, when Sesame Street was truly an ensemble cast.
I loved watching this movie when it was simply another episode of Seasame Street in the mid 80s. This was done in the true Hey-Day of the series, when it hadn't been recast in a politically correct typecast of a former child's show, when Elmo became the main category. Honestly, the death of Henson was the true deadzone for the show, but I digress.
Another rant, when I read another reviewer complained about how grouchy Oscar was....again, it just reminded me how watered down Sesame Street and society has become. Oscar, the Grouch, was known for being grouchy and mean and cynical. He was the perfect antithesis to Big Bird, a bright overly optimistic bigger than life character on the series. Oscar's cynicism taught children how to behave by NOT being mean and grouchy to others. Believe it or not. We didn't call people "stupid" because a green puppet did, we called people stupid because they either a) were or b) We heard/saw our parents doing it, and those are the ones we mimic, not television characters.
Anyhoo, like the Christmas Gift, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street is a Holiday Classic along the vein of Rudolph, Frosty, and the animated version of the Grinch. I remember rooting along with Big Bird that Santa Claus really did exist, but also being skeptical at the same time. After all, Oscar had so many good points, how can a man deliver all those presents to all those children in one night, and how can he fit down Chimneys? However, the movie really highlights the merriment, the excitement and the joy that being a child is all about: the magical belief in santa claus and how wonderful it is for a child to go to sleep on Christmas Eve and wake up to a stocking of presents and a tree full of treats.
If you have a child or grandchild, get them this movie. In this age of post-postmodern cynicism, where we all have turned into Oscar, this movie is a gem. In fact, I think all adults should watch this as well, it will help us reclaim our childhood yet again.
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