Search results
NOTE: THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THIS MOVIE ALLOWS IT TO BE PUBLISHED ON YOUTUBE.This video/audio is under Fair Use:Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the...
On Christmas Day, Elmo wishes for Christmas to be every day, but Santa warns him that Christmas would no longer be special. Lightning, a reindeer-in-training, takes Elmo to the future to see the effects of his wish.
- Christmas Special
- Overview
- Synopsis
- Songs
- External links
is a 1996 Christmas special based on the PBS television series Sesame Street, narrated by guest star Maya Angelou. Its plot is inspired by the short story Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells.
The special is told in flashback by Maya Angelou as she recounts the events to Telly, Zoe, Baby Bear, and some children in her apartment:
It is once again Christmas on Sesame Street. Elmo takes some cookies home for Santa Claus. Big Bird's best friend, Snuffy, is going to Cincinnati to spend Christmas with his grandmother and will return the day after. Meanwhile, Elmo plans to stay up all night on Christmas Eve to see Santa descend from his chimney. He falls asleep, until being awakened when Santa gets stuck halfway up his chimney. By freeing him, Elmo gets to choose either a pink teddy bear or a magic snow globe as a gift. When he chooses the snow globe, he is granted three wishes, wasting his first one for a glass of water because he is thirsty.
On Christmas Day, the excitement and joy delights Elmo so much that he wishes for it to be Christmas every day, so he uses that for his second wish. At first, everyone is thrilled about it being Christmas again, thanks to a news report given by Kermit the Frog. However, this proves to be a very costly mistake as Santa explains to Elmo that Christmas would no longer be special if it was every day. Lightning, a reindeer-in-training (and the reason he got stuck in Elmo's chimney), uses his super speed to take Elmo to the future to see what Christmas is like throughout the year. As the seasons change, Elmo sees everyone's Christmas spirit go downhill: Big Bird is sad because Snuffy is still spending it with his grandmother in Cincinnati, Maria and Luis become increasingly exasperated over a lack of work due to the Fix-It-Shop being closed all year, Grover struggles selling Christmas trees, which have been dwindling, and It's a Wonderful Life plays continuously on television, meaning that general unhappiness is evident. Also, Santa's elves are exasperated and fatigued at their continued work shift and slack off on the job, and the other holidays of the year (especially Easter, coincidentally the day of Jesus' resurrection, and Independence Day, a day when Christmas in July is also ironically celebrated) are overshadowed by Christmas. However, Oscar the Grouch is the only one who enjoys all the misery - the pile of broken toasters in front of the Fix-It-Shop, the mounting Christmas trash, endless repeats of It's a Wonderful Life, and the fact that everyone is as grouchy and miserable as him - declaring it as a "bah humbug Christmas every day".
By next year's Christmas, Sesame Street is shut down:
•The Count is "all Christmassed out" after counting all 365 consecutive Christmas days.
•The carolers (especially Bob) have lost their voices from singing every day.
•"It's Christmas Again"
•"Everyday Can't Be Christmas"
•"Give Your Friend an Easter Egg for Christmas"
•"All I Want for Christmas is You"
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas: Directed by Emily Squires. With Maya Angelou, Charles Durning, Harvey Fierstein, Kevin Clash. Elmo wishes that it would be Christmas every day, but with the help of Santa's reindeer-in-training, Lightning, he learns that might not be such a good idea when he sees the future.
- (439)
- Adventure, Family, Musical
- Emily Squires
- 1996
Where is Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas streaming? Find out where to watch on Netflix, Prime, Hulu & 40+ others.
- Emily Squires
- 12
- Maya Angelou
Elmo Saves Christmas is a Sesame Street Christmas special which originally aired on PBS in 1996, and was released to VHS that same year. It was released on DVD in 1997. The story is framed by Maya Angelou recalling the events to Telly, Zoe, Baby Bear and some children.
Maya Angelou tells the story of how Elmo saved Christmas to Telly, Baby Bear, and Zoe, after they wish it were Christmas every day. When Elmo saves Santa from getting stuck in a chimney, he is rewarded with a magic snowglobe that will grant three wishes.
