Today I thought about this old Sesame Street Christmas special that used to run on PBS every holiday season when I was a little kid. They stopped airing it a long time ago, but there were certain parts I’d always remembered very clearly. On a hunch I decided to check YouTube, and sure enough, someone has put it up! Matt and I just watched it. It was such a jolt to see scenes I hadn’t seen in more than 20 years. It’s from 1978, so this is classic Sesame Street – it has Mr. Hooper, and there’s no Elmo (yay).

Here’s Part 1. Click on it to find links to parts 2 through 7. (Turns out it’s also available on DVD.)