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Summary: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Comment: Best video ever! My daughters favorite since they were little and they are now all over 18!
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Summary: Big Bird, Thank God YOU Saved Christmas
Comment: I remember a day when there was no furry little red creature that had to hog all the attention on a show called Sesame Street. Ah, the days before Elmo, when Sesame Street was truly an ensemble cast.
I loved watching this movie when it was simply another episode of Seasame Street in the mid 80s. This was done in the true Hey-Day of the series, when it hadn't been recast in a politically correct typecast of a former child's show, when Elmo became the main category. Honestly, the death of Henson was the true deadzone for the show, but I digress.
Another rant, when I read another reviewer complained about how grouchy Oscar was....again, it just reminded me how watered down Sesame Street and society has become. Oscar, the Grouch, was known for being grouchy and mean and cynical. He was the perfect antithesis to Big Bird, a bright overly optimistic bigger than life character on the series. Oscar's cynicism taught children how to behave by NOT being mean and grouchy to others. Believe it or not. We didn't call people "stupid" because a green puppet did, we called people stupid because they either a) were or b) We heard/saw our parents doing it, and those are the ones we mimic, not television characters.
Anyhoo, like the Christmas Gift, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street is a Holiday Classic along the vein of Rudolph, Frosty, and the animated version of the Grinch. I remember rooting along with Big Bird that Santa Claus really did exist, but also being skeptical at the same time. After all, Oscar had so many good points, how can a man deliver all those presents to all those children in one night, and how can he fit down Chimneys? However, the movie really highlights the merriment, the excitement and the joy that being a child is all about: the magical belief in santa claus and how wonderful it is for a child to go to sleep on Christmas Eve and wake up to a stocking of presents and a tree full of treats.
If you have a child or grandchild, get them this movie. In this age of post-postmodern cynicism, where we all have turned into Oscar, this movie is a gem. In fact, I think all adults should watch this as well, it will help us reclaim our childhood yet again.
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Summary: True Blue miracle
Comment: I am the mom of a 7 year old who has a form of autism. Her language is imparted but one thing that she does is sing along the Sesame street cast on "True Blue Miracle" which definately one for us. This video teaches wonderful lessons not just for use at Christmas time but all year long like friendship and true selflessness (bert and ernie). It is also realistic in the sense that we all know the world is full of Oscar the grouches and this in a wondeful way to introduce a theme that no parent wants to get into with their child but that is life. I enjoy this video myself because you see all the sesame street characters (though not the newer ones) unlike the more recent Sesame Street Chirstmas videos that are all Elmo, not that I have anything against ole' Elmo but there are other sesame street characters. Anyway this is wonderful video for the holidays.
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Summary: International Customer
Comment: Being an international customer I was expecting the product to take a while to arrive but to my surprise it arrived sooner then expected, and in perfect condition, so very happy.
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Summary: Careful
Comment: Nice DVD with the exception that Oscar is SUPER negative, even calling Big Bird "stupid". My two year old son loves this DVD. I figure if he says stupid it will give me the opportunity to explain to him that we don't use that word in our family. Otherwise, it's a nice old school sesame street DVD.
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