Saturday, August 23, 2014

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Getting nostalgic for books of my youth, I found one It's titled Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, based on the Sesame Street holiday tv special made in 1981. It's Christmas eve on Sesame Street, and everyone is all excited and ready to celebrate, but Big Bird is concerned on how Santa can get down those skinny chimneys on Christmas eve. Oscar, the grouch then tells Big Bird  that if he doesn't know, and if he doesn't find out, then nobody will get their presents on Christmas day. So Big bird spends the day asking about how Santa gets down the chimney. He gets help from his friend Kermit, whom goes around asking the children of the area on how they think Santa gets down the chimney. The kids had some creative and  funny answers, but none of them was helpful to Big Bird. So he gets his friend Snuffy to help in a little experiment by getting him to climb into a few of the giant colored drums, but he was too big to fit.
Meanwhile, Bert and Ernie set out to Hooper's store to buy each other Christmas gifts, but they traded in something they loved dearly to get what each other needed. Bert needed a cigar box to store his paper clip collection, and Ernie needed a soap dish to put his rubber ducky in. Surprisingly, Mr. Hooper himself was working in his store, and it would be one of the last major tv specials he stars in before he died, and he was drawn very well.
                   Then Cookie Monster tries to create his Christmas list to give to santa, and he asks for cookies of all kinds. But unfortunately, he got soo hungry, that he ate up everything he used to create his list for santa, including a phone he used to call Santa personally.  So with Big Bird wondering and desperately seeking the answer to his question, he goes upstairs and sits on the roof during the cold and snowy night to watch for the arrival of Santa to see for himself on just how he gets down that tiny chimney. Suddenly, everyone wonders where Big Bird was and got concerned and searched and called out for him. And it was Maria that had yelled at Oscar angrily and personally, for telling Big Bird to find the answer to his question or nobody gets their presents this Christmas.  She told him to go out and help find Big Bird. Meanwhile,  Big Bird was getting sleepy while waiting for Santa, and it was just then that he heard Santa arriving and coming the chimney, but Big Bird was asleep and thought he just dreamt it all. He then decides to come in to warm up. Everyone was glad to see that he was safe, and he then discovers a miracle, as Susan And Gordan's decorated Christmas tree had presents underneath the tree, and their stockings were full of toys and gifts. But the most important thing that Big Bird was inside and safe, as everyone was looking for him.
                 It's a great book, since it's in great condition as I got it used, and a great memory of the tv special, and a look on how the street used to be, as well as seeing Mr. Hooper again. Although in my opinion, they should've included the scene, where Cookie Monster ate Susan and Gordon's Christmas  tree, leaving it bare, and developed a big belly, and had gas. I thought it was the funniest scene when I saw that on tv.