A Sesame Street Holiday Celebration

A Sesame Street Holiday Celebration is an hour-long prime-time special which aired on HBO on Dec 10, 2020, and on PBS the following week. The special follows the Sesame Street Muppets (new and old) as they gather around Sesame Street (rebuilt to include the Around the Corner set) to celebrate the holiday season, with a medley of Christmas songs, unforgettable memories, and even a visit from Santa Claus himself.

Unlike most Sesame Street projects, which are taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York, this special was filmed on location throughout New York City, and in Los Angeles, California.

Songs
Sesame Street Theme - written by Bruce Hart, Joe Raposo, and Jon Stone

It's Christmas Again - written by Tony Geiss, sung by the Muppets of Sesame Street

Jingle Bells - written by James Lord Pierpont, sung by the Muppets of Sesame Street

It Feels Like Christmas - written by Paul Williams, sung by the Muppets of Sesame Street

The Twelve Days of Christmas - traditional, sung by the Count, Big Bird, Bert, Grover, Elmo, Abby, Telly, Rosita, Prairie Dawn, Zoe, Cookie Monster, Trevor, and Ernie

Santa Claus is Coming to Town - written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, sung by Trevor

Up on the Housetop - written by Benjamin Hanby, sung by Telly and Baby Bear

Deck the Halls - traditional, sung by the Muppets of Sesame Street

Jingle Bell Rock - written by Joe Beal and Jim Boothe, sung by Grover and Elmo

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - written by Johnny Marks, sung by Trevor

Frosty the Snowman - written by Walter Rollins and Steve Nelson, sung by Ernie and Bert

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - written by Theodor Geisel and Albert Hague, sung by Lefty the Salesman and Oscar the Grouch with backing vocals by Pentatonix

Cast
Chris - Chris Knowings

Nina - Suki Lopez

Alan - Alan Muraoka

Charlie - Violet Tinnirello

Special Guest Stars
Darci Lynne Farmer and her Puppets

Santa Claus - Dave Goelz

Sesame Street Muppet Performers
Pam Arciero as Grundgetta, Alice Snuffleupagus, Betty Lou

Jennifer Barnhart as Zoe, Abby's Mom, Mama Bear, Granny Bird, Gladys the Cow

Rickey Boyd as Twiddlebugs

Warrick Brownlow-Pike as Gonger

Tyler Bunch as Elmo's Dad, Benny, Dr. Nobel Price

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby

Bruce Connelly as Barkley

Frankie Cordero as Rudy, Papa Bear, Stinky the Stinkweed

Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Prairie Dawn, Curly Bear, Little Bird, Lulu, Roxie Marie, Elmo's Mom, Clementine

Ryan Dillon as Elmo, Roosevelt Franklin, Don Music, Natasha, Lefty the Salesman

Stacey Gordon as Julia

Christopher Thomas Hayes as Hoots

Eric Jacobson as Grover, Bert, Oscar, Guy Smiley, Two-Headed Monster, Harvey Kneeslapper, Miss Piggy

John Kennedy as Mumford

Peter Linz as Ernie, Herry

Spencer Lott as Samuel

Carmen Osbahr as Rosita, Ovejita

Martin P. Robinson as Snuffy, Telly, Slimey, Buster the Horse, Monty

David Rudman as Cookie Monster, Baby Bear, Two-Headed Monster, Rudy's Dad, Humphrey, Sully

John Tartaglia as Ingrid

Matt Vogel as Big Bird, The Count, Murray, Forgetful Jones, Frazzle, Sherlock Hemlock, Simon Soundman, Mr. Johnson, Biff, Kermit the Frog

and Mark Hamill as the voice of Trevor

Additional Muppet Performers
Brad Abrell, Anthony Asbury, Heather Asch, Grant Baciocco, Greg Ballora, David Barclay, Phil Baron, Bill Barretta, Jake Bazel, Nate Begle, Tau Bennett, Carol Binion, Ronald Binion, Tim Blaney, Cheryl Blaylock, Lindsey Z. Briggs, Patrick Bristow, Lisa Buckley, Julianne Buescher, Kevin Carlson, Raymond Carr, Kristin Charney, Brian Clark, Austin Michael Costello, Melissa Creighton, Nathan Danforth, Dorien Davies, Alice Dinnean, Jamie Donmoyer, Jodi Eichelberger, Artie Esposito, Peggy Etra, David Matthew Feldman, Olga Felgemacher, Genevieve Flati, Galen Fott, Thom Fountain, Mark Gale, Aymee Garcia, James Godwin, Louise Gold, BJ Guyer, Liz Hara, Terri Hardin, Andy Hayward, Brian Henson, Patrick Holmes, Haley Jenkins, Patrick Johnson, Sean Johnson, Brian Jones, David Jordan, Vicki Kenderes-Eibner, Kathleen Kim, Donna Kimball, Joe Kovacs, Jim Kroupa, Tim Lagasse, Scott Land, Bruce Lanoil, Michael Latini, Len Levitt, Michael Lisa, Weston Chandler Long, Paul Louis, Rick Lyon, Lara MacLean, Noel MacNeal, Amanda Maddock, Greg Manion, Jim Martin, Drew Massey, Ed May, Paul McGinnis, Jess McKay, Anney McKilligan, Ted Michaels, Tracie Mick, Andrew Moriarty, Alison Mork, Kathryn Mullen, Jason Murphy, James Murray, Michael Oosterom, Brett O'Quinn, Christine Papalexis, Marc Petrosino, Karen Prell, Mike Quinn, Steven Ritz-Barr, Tim Rose, Paul Rugg, Joey Rudman, Joe Selph, Michelan Sisti, Colleen Smith, Thom Stanley, David Stephens, Andy Stone, Lisa Sturz, Allan Trautman, Steve Troop, Art Vega, Gabriel Velez, Alex Villa, Russ Walko, Robin Walsh, Mark Bryan Wilson, Chase Woolner, Eric Wright, Victor Yerrid, Bryant Young

with

Rachel Appelbaum, Lawrence Basgall, Jessica Honor Carleton, Brian Carson, Ceili Clemens, Geri Cole, Carole D'Agostino, Ben Durocher, Dan Garza, Rob Gardner, Noah Ginex, Lynn Hippen, Scott Johnson, Tiffany Lange, Jim Napolitano, Russell Nauman, Eric Novak, Abby Roderick, Adam Rudman, Rob Saunders, Michael Schupbach, Michael Schwabe, Jessica Simon, David Skelly, Basil Twist, Cynthia Von Orthal, Steven Widerman, James Wojtal, Lucky Yates

and

Connor Asher, Cameron Garrity, Jerome Green, Rachel Herrick, David Hosay, Dave Hulteen, Avery Jones, David Karle, James Kemp, Adam Kreutinger, Jayden Libran, Alexander Mantia, David Quesal

Classic Segment Muppet Performers
Billy Barkhurst, Fran Brill, Ed Christie, Kevin Clash, Michael Earl Davis, Fred Garbo, Paul Hartis, Jane Henson, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Camille Kampouris, Francis Kane, Rollie Krewson, John Lovelady, Peter MacKennan, Joey Mazzarino, Brian Meehl, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Bob Payne, Don Reardon, Daniel Seagren, Caroll Spinney, Debra Spinney, Toby Towson, Steve Whitmire, Caroly Wilcox