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 the 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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