Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Holiday Memories…

While I love the Rankin & Bass Holiday stop-motion, my favorite has to be The Muppet Family Christmas.

It has been a tradition (can’t call it a family tradition, ‘cause it’s just me…) to watch the VHS of this while decorating for Christmas.  Sadly, this year, I broke tradition in a few ways.  I put up the decorations earlier than normal (I was kind of taken off guard by it too) and I didn’t watch MFCthe show.  I only have the show on VHS and I don’t have a player upstairs where we were decorating.  It wasn’t available on DVD until recently.  Think I’ll have to make the purchase now that it’s available!

It’s just a 30ish minute show with the Muppet venturing out to, unbeknownst to her, Mrs. Bear’s house.  All of the Muppet characters are present – they even incorporate the Fraggles (where they “uh-uh, pass it on!”) and the Sesame Street characters come a caroling and join in on the fun.  Two of my favorite scenes: a reference to foreign language and then a running gag about a slipper spot on the porch.

At the very end, Jim makes an appearance.  Chokes me up sometimes. Such a creative mind…can’t imagine my childhood without Sesame Street & the Muppets.

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