Elmo Saves Christmas

"Elmo Saves Christmas" is a children's home video that was released in 1996. In the story, Elmo learns that Christmas cannot occur every day.

Throughout the story and through the point of view of older "Sesame Street" fans, Elmo and the other characters also indirectly learn the value of a healthy disdain for the media. In this film, all of the characters in Sesame Street begin their daily celebration of Christmas solely at the word of the news media, led by Kermit the Frog who announces the new daily celebration of Christmas.

ynopsis

It is Christmastime on Sesame Street. Snuffy, Big Bird's best friend, departs for Cincinnati to visit his grandmother for the holiday.

While Elmo falls asleep on Christmas Eve watching TV, Santa Claus gets lodged halfway up his chimney. By freeing him Elmo is granted the privilege of choosing a gift. When Elmo chooses a magical snow globe instead of a pink teddy bear he is granted three wishes. Using the snow globe, Elmo wishes for a glass of water because he is thirsty.

Elmo's second wish is more significant to the plot of the story: "Elmo wishes it was Christmas every day."

This proves to be a very costly mistake. Suddenly, all the businesses are permanently closed for Christmas. Snuffy is gone all year, visiting his grandmother out of town, making Big Bird extremely depressed. There is nothing playing on TV but It's a Wonderful Life. Carolers carol and children trade presents.

At the urging of Santa Claus, Lightning, one of Santa's reindeer-in-training, uses his speed to take Elmo into the future to see what Christmas is like in the spring, summer and to the following December 25. The Count becomes "all Christmassed out". The carolers lose their voices from constant caroling. Big Bird is crying; he misses Snuffy, who remains in Cincinnati. Luis finally closes up the Fix-it-shop for good.

After regretting his second wish, Elmo decides on his final wish, shaking the globe furiously: "I wish everything on Sesame Street was the way it used to be — Christmas only once a year." The globe flies out of his hand and breaks. Luis laments, "It's Christmas forever". Oscar tries to intervene, but Maria angrily demands silence from him.

Elmo and Lightning go back in time to the Christmas on which Elmo wished it was Christmas every day. After saving Santa for the second time, Elmo chose a new gift, the "Moo Bunny", a half-cow, half-rabbit plush toy. The show closes with its final song: "Keep Christmas With You All Through the Year", which was also featured on Christmas Eve on Sesame Street.

Cast

* Kevin Clash as Elmo
* Charles Durning as Santa Claus
* Harvey Fierstein as Easter Bunny
* Carroll Spinney as Big Bird/Oscar
* Carlo Alban as Carlo
* Maya Angelou as Narrator
* Alison Bartlett as Gina
* Emilio Delgado as Luis
* Sonia Manzano as Maria
* Bob McGrath as Bob
* Jerry Nelson as Count von Count
* Roscoe Orman as Gordon
* Frank Oz as Cookie Monster/Grover
* Martin P. Robinson as Snuffleupagus
* David Langston Smyrl as Mr. Handford
* Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog

External links

*imdb title|id= 0116189|title=Elmo Saves Christmas