A Special Sesame Street Christmas

A Special Sesame Street Christmas

Will Oscar grouch out Christmas?

1978 · 48 min · ★ 6.7 · Comedy, Family, TV Movie

Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dick Smothers try to get Oscar to stop being such a Grouch on Christmas.

Directed by Russ Petranto · Written by Tom Dunsmuir

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