History Trivia / ASpecialSesameStreetChristmas

* MoneyDearBoy: Veteran TV VarietyShow producer Bob Banner paid the Children's Television Workshop a license fee to borrow the ''Sesame Street'' set and characters, which is presumably the main reason CTW went along with it, even as they were producing their own Christmas special. There are some telltale signs that the ''Sesame'' contingent weren't really considering this show a high priority, like many of the usual ''Sesame'' crew such as Jon Stone not being involved, the use of Big Bird and Oscar puppets that seem like they had some wear-and-tear, and Creator/CarollSpinney's Oscar voice sounding a bit off throughout the show, implying even he wasn't taking it very seriously.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Its only commercial release was a 2012 DVD, which didn't come from [[Creator/WarnerBros the same label]] as other ''Series/SesameStreet'' [=DVDs=] released at that time, and has since gone out of print.

* MoneyDearBoy: Veteran TV VarietyShow producer Bob Banner paid the Children's Television Workshop a license fee to borrow the ''Sesame Street'' set and characters, which is presumably the main reason CTW went along with it, even as they were producing their own Christmas special. There are some telltale signs that the ''Sesame'' contingent weren't really considering this show a high priority, like using Big Bird and Oscar puppets that seem like they had some wear-and-tear, plus Creator/CarollSpinney's Oscar voice sounding a bit off throughout the show, implying he wasn't taking it very seriously.

* MoneyDearBoy: Veteran TV VarietyShow producer Bob Banner paid the Children's Television Workshop a license fee to borrow the ''Sesame Street'' set and characters, which is presumably the main reason CTW went along with it, even as they were producing their own Christmas special. There are some telltale signs that the ''Sesame'' contingent weren't really considering this show a high priority, like using Big Bird and Oscar puppets that seem like they had some wear-and-tear, plus Caroll Spinney's Oscar voice sounding a bit off throughout the show, implying he wasn't taking it very seriously.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Its only commercial release was a 2012 DVD, which didn't come from [[Creator/WarnerBros the same label]] as other ''Series/SesameStreet'' [=DVDs=] released at that time, and has since gone out of print.

* BillingDisplacement: The 2012 DVD gives Music/MichaelJackson top billing among the guest stars, even though he only appears in one scene.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'', but also in an odd way with ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', which aired three weeks to the day earlier on the same network, and similarly was a strange attempt to build a hokey TV variety special around a revered franchise. (Perhaps due to the fact that ''Christmas Eve on Sesame Street'' aired prior to it and has been rerun routinely over the years, this special hasn't built up the infamy that ''The Star Wars Holiday Special'' has.)
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Its only commercial release was a 2012 DVD, which has since gone out of print.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'', but also in an odd way with ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', which aired three weeks to the day earlier on the same network, and similarly was a strange attempt to build a hokey TV variety special around a revered franchise. (Perhaps due to the fact that ''Christmas Eve on Sesame Street'' aired prior to it and has been rerun routinely over the years, this special hasn't built up the infamy that ''The Star Wars Holiday Special'' has.)

* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'', but also in an odd way with ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', which aired three weeks to the day earlier on the same network, and similarly was a strange attempt to build a hokey TV variety special around a revered franchise.