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| caption            = [[Oscar the Grouch]] (in his [[Sesame Street (fictional location)#Oscar the Grouch's Trash Can|trash can]]) and [[Big Bird]] at the [[86th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|86th Street station]]
| genre              = Comedy<br>Family<br>Music
| based_on           = ((Based on|''[[Sesame Street]]''|[[Joan Ganz Cooney]]<br>[[Lloyd Morrisett]]))<br>((Based on|[[List of Sesame Street Muppets|Muppet characters]]|[[Jim Henson]]))
| writer             = [[Jon Stone]]<br>Joseph A. Bailey
| screenplay         =
| story              = 
| director           = [[Jon Stone]]
| starring           = [[Caroll Spinney]]<br>[[Frank Oz]]<br>[[Jerry Nelson]]<br>[[Richard Hunt (puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]]<br>[[Jim Henson]]
| music              = Dick Lieb
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| executive_producer = [[Jon Stone]]<br />[[Jim Henson]] (uncredited)
| producer           = [[Dulcy Singer]]
| location           = [[New York City]]
| cinematography     = [[Charles F. Wheeler]] (director of photography) (uncredited)
| editor             = Vincent Sims (videotape editor)<br>John Hutchison (videotape editor)
| camera             = 
| runtime            = 60 minutes
| company            = [[Children's Television Workshop]]
| budget             = 
| network            = [[PBS]]
| released           = ((Start date|1978|12|03)) 
))

'''''Christmas Eve on Sesame Street''''' is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Christmas special]] first broadcast on [[PBS]] on Sunday, December 3, 1978.

==Plot==
The special starts with live-action versions of the Muppets enjoying an [[ice skating]] party. Afterward, they head home to [[Sesame Street (fictional location)|Sesame Street]] performing the song "True Blue Miracle".

In the main story, [[Oscar the Grouch]] plants the seeds of doubt in [[Big Bird]]'s mind whether [[Santa Claus]] can actually get down chimneys to deliver Christmas presents. Big Bird enlists the help of [[Kermit the Frog]] and [[Grover]] to interview children about how he manages it; their responses vary. Big Bird even attempts a reenactment with [[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffy]] but it is unsuccessful.  He spends the night out in the cold on the brownstone's roof, waiting for Santa to appear in person.  After the residents of Sesame Street realize that Big Bird has gone missing, [[List of human Sesame Street characters|Maria]] confronts Oscar for upsetting Big Bird. Oscar reveals that he was only teasing Big Bird and agrees to help search for him.

Meanwhile, in a variation on the 1905 [[O. Henry]] story "[[The Gift of the Magi]]", [[Bert and Ernie]] want to give each other Christmas presents, but they have no money. Bert trades away his prized paper clip collection to buy a pink soap dish for Ernie's [[Rubber duck|Rubber Duckie]], but Ernie has bartered it to get Bert an empty cigar box for his paper clip collection. [[Mr. Hooper]], the store owner, realizes what is happening and gives them their treasured possessions back as Christmas presents.

Also, [[Cookie Monster]] attempts to get in touch with Santa Claus to bring him cookies for Christmas. In confusion he ends up violently eating a pencil and typewriter to write a letter, and a telephone to call the North Pole.  At [[The Robinson family (Sesame Street)|Gordon and Susan Robinson]]'s apartment, he laments to Gordon that he was unable to contact Santa. Gordon suggests leaving cookies for Santa, leaving him perplexed.

In the end, Big Bird walks down from the roof to warm up, much to the relief of his friends. He realizes Santa had already come and gone when he sees the presents under the tree (due to him falling asleep on the roof and Santa's shadow looms over him while he's asleep). He regrets not learning how Santa can go down chimneys, but he comes to recognize that being together with family and friends is more important. Oscar, true to form, starts needling him about how the [[Easter Bunny]] can hide all the eggs in one night, only to be rebuked by Gordon and Susan as Big Bird begins to fret about the holidays all over again.

The special concludes with Susan and Gordon returning to their apartment to find that Cookie Monster has eaten the needles and decorations off their Christmas tree.

==Cast==
===Puppeteers===
* [[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]]
* [[Jim Henson]] as [[Kermit the Frog]] and [[Ernie (Sesame Street)|Ernie]]
* [[Frank Oz]] as [[Grover]], [[Bert (Sesame Street)|Bert]], and [[Cookie Monster]]
* [[Jerry Nelson]] as [[Count von Count|The Count]] and [[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffy]]
* [[Richard Hunt (puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]] as [[Oscar the Grouch]] (assistant), [[Cookie Monster]] (assistant), [[Ernie (Sesame Street)|Ernie]] (assistant) and [[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffy]] (assistant)

===The cast of ''Sesame Street''===
* [[Linda Bove]] as [[Linda (Sesame Street)|Linda]]
* [[Northern Calloway]] as [[List of human Sesame Street characters|David]]
* Debbie Chen as Patty
* [[Will Lee]] as [[Mr. Hooper]]
* [[Loretta Long]] as [[The Robinson family (Sesame Street)|Susan Robinson]]
* [[Sonia Manzano]] as [[Maria Figueroa Rodriguez|Maria]]
* [[Bob McGrath]] as [[List of human Sesame Street characters|Bob Johnson]]
* [[Roscoe Orman]] as [[The Robinson family (Sesame Street)|Gordon Robinson]]
* [[Alaina Reed Hall|Alaina Reed]] as [[The Robinson family (Sesame Street)|Olivia Robinson]]
* Danny Epstein as the Street Musician
* [[Chet O'Brien]] as Mr. Macintosh
* [[Jon Stone]] as the Voice of Santa Claus over Cookie Monster's telephone<ref name="bailey-interview" />

==Credits==
* Producer: Dulcy Singer
* Written by Jon Stone and Joseph A. Bailey
* Skaters from Holiday on Ice
** "True Blue Miracle" by Carol Hall
** "Keep Christmas with You" and "I Hate Christmas" by Sam Pottle and David Axelrod
* Original Music Arranger and Conductor: Dick Lieb
* Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
* Music Assistant: Dave Connor
* Associate Director: Ozzie Alfonso
* Production Supervisor: Robert Braithwaite
* Muppets by: Donald Sahlin, Kermit Love, [[Caroly Wilcox]], John Lovelady
* Art Director: Alan J. Compton
* Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
* Stage Manager: Emily Squires
* Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
* Lighting Directors: David M. Clark, Tony DiGirolamo
* Graphic Artist: Gerri Brioso
* Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
* Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
* Production Assistants: Mercedes Polanco, Sharen Gay, Cathi Rosenberg
* Technical Advisor: Walt Rauffer
* Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
* Sound Effects: Dick Maitland, Roy Carch
* Audio: Mike Shoskes, Jay Judell
* Executive Producer: Jon Stone
* Production Conceived and Directed by: Jon Stone

==Songs==
A variety of Christmas songs help interweave these three plot lines and make the production much more touching, including:

*"[[Feliz Navidad (song)|Feliz Navidad]]", by [[José Feliciano]] while Big Bird skates with one of the children (preceded and followed by a slow orchestral version of the song).
*"True Blue Miracle", sung during the gang's trip from the [[ice rink]] back to Sesame Street.
*"Keep Christmas with You (All Through the Year)", sung in Bob's apartment with Linda leading a group of children in [[American Sign Language|signing]] the chorus.
*"I Hate Christmas", sung by Oscar the Grouch outside on Sesame Street.
*"[[Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]]", sung by Bert and Ernie after opening their Christmas presents to each other.
*"Keep Christmas with You (All Through the Year)" (Reprise), sung by everyone at the end.

==Awards==
*1979: [[Emmy Award]] for ''Outstanding Children's Program'' - [[Jon Stone]] (executive producer), [[Dulcy Singer]] (producer)

One of the special's competitors that year was a lesser-known, critically panned ''Sesame Street'' special on [[CBS]] -- ''[[A Special Sesame Street Christmas]]''.

In 1988, the production was converted to a live show and performed on ice for a single show in Philadelphia, PA.

==Edits==
In various re-airings on PBS in the late 1980s the closing scene with Susan and Gordon finding that Cookie Monster ate the needles and discovered off their Christmas tree was cut, likely due to a combination of the PBS closing credits at the end of the original and for Cookie Monster's excessive [[belching]].((Citation needed|date=December 2023))

On video releases since the mid-1990s, the 1978 Children's Television Workshop logo with Christmas music was cut. The 1996 VHS replaces it with the 1983 logo, and DVD releases of the special start without any logos.

In December 2020, the special was released on the [[HBO Max]] streaming service. Approximately 2 minutes of Big Bird skating to Jose Feliciano’s recording of ''Feliz Navidad'' was removed.<ref>((Citation |title=Feliz Navidad - Big Bird Ice Skating |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgMXBUJFZOA |access-date=2023-12-25 |language=en))</ref> The closing scene featuring Cookie Monster, Susan, and Gordon is present on [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] as of December 2023.<ref>((Citation |title=Watch Christmas Eve on Sesame Street ((!)) Max |date=1978 |url=https://www.max.com/movies/christmas-eve-on-sesame-street/29c67a21-832e-4b48-9f71-ba03f1e99abd |access-date=2023-12-25 |language=en-us))</ref>

When Big Bird and Patty check on Oscar following his skating accident, his original line was "Sure. I've been thrown out of better places than that." It was later re-dubbed in post-production (to "Let's go back and do it, again!"), because Jon Stone considered the original joke too adult-focused.<ref name="bailey-interview">((cite web|last1=Dosier|first1=Ryan|title=Interview with Muppet Writer Joseph Bailey|url=https://muppetmindset.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/interview-with-muppet-writer-joseph-bailey/|website=The Muppet Mindset|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=December 20, 2011))</ref>

==Home media==
The special was released on [[VHS]] in 1987 and 1996, and on [[DVD]] in 2002 and 2008.   As of 2023 the show is also available for streaming on Amazon Prime.

==Recording==
The soundtrack album features several of the songs from the special, along with narration. It was nominated for a Grammy Award, but lost to ''[[In Harmony (compilation albums)|In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record]]''.((citation needed|date=December 2015))

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1978]]
* [[List of Christmas television specials]]
* [[List of Christmas films]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*((IMDb title|id=0331217|title=Christmas Eve on Sesame Street))

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