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Elmo Saves Christmas is a 1996 Christmas special based on the PBS series Sesame Street, narrated by guest star Maya Angelou. Its plot is inspired by the short story Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells.
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.
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- Adventure, Family, Musical
- Emily Squires
- 1996
Elmo stays up on Christmas Eve to meet Santa Claus. He falls asleep, but is awakened by Santa stuck in the chimney. Elmo helps pull out Santa, who gives him the choice of a teddy bear or a magical snow globe. Elmo chooses the globe and is granted three wishes, wasting the first on a glass of water.
- Christmas Special
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.
Elmo Saves Christmas is a Sesame Street Christmas special, premiering on PBS in 1996. Maya Angelou tells the story of how Elmo saved Christmas to Telly, Baby Bear, and Zoe, after they wish it were Christmas every day.
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) was a poet laureate, actress, and raconteur. She narrated and appeared in the Sesame Street special Elmo Saves Christmas in 1996. She also appeared in several Sesame Street insert segments in the 1990s, including the celebrity versions of "A New Way to Walk" and "Sing...
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Find out… when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be like if every day were Christmas! You’ll enjoy lots of songs and holiday cheer with Elmo and his new friend Lightning, the reindeer, and discover for yourself why Christmas is best kept to one day a year! Cast.
