A Sesame Street Christmas

Sesame Street | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 3, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Wonder (Audio)
• ASIN: B00000DSMS
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,869 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sesame Street Christmas Overture

2. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

3. Medley: Deck the Halls/Jingle Bells/White Christmas/Winter Wonderland

4. I Hate Christmas

5. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

6. The Twelve Days of Christmas

7. A True Blue Miracle

8. Medley: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas/Silver Bells/The Ch

9. All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)

10. A Christmas Pageant

11. Keep Christmas with You (All Through the Year)

12. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Reprise)

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Christmas Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 3-SEP-1996

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

117 of 119 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The original album is MUCH better!, November 7, 2003

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Michael J. Chrush (Kent, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Sesame Street Christmas (Audio CD)

Sesame Street records should have found themselves a good burner and copied the original 1975 release on to a CD to be manufactured. The two new songs were fair, but are no replacement for the tracks omitted from the CD from the original. For one thing, several cast members; Will Lee's Mr. Hooper, Northern Calloway's David, and several others have sadly passed on now, so I was even more saddened to discover the classical "Christmas Story" removed jump-cutting immediately to Ernie and Bert's HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS. Also David's beatnik NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ON SESAME STREET was such a cute tune from the original. Luis and Maria's Spanish Christmas songs SALUDO and ARRURRU were also removed. Why? Probably to add Elmo and all of the new characters in to replace. For instance when Harry incorrectly praises "Wreck the Halls" as his favorite carol he is corrected by David in the original, this time Elmo corrects him.

I am hoping a more definitive version of the CD is released and precisely similar to the original 1975 album. For those of you from the new generation unfamiliar with the original, the tracks were as followed:

1) Sesame Street Christmas Overture

2) We Wish You A Merry Christmas

3) Medley: Deck the Halls, Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Winter Wonderland

4) I Hate Christmas

5) A Christmas Story

6) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

7) The 12 Days of Christmas

8) Medley: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Silver Bells, The Christmas Song, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

9) The Night Before Christmas On Sesame Street

10) Saludo

11) Arrurru

12) All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

13) A Christmas Pageant

14) Keep Christmas With You All Through the Year

15) We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Reprise)

OK, the songs that are still there are all great, but even more problematic is the CD cover isn't equivalent at all to the original album design. If a definitive version of the CD is released, the artwork from the album's centerfold and linear notes should be included as well. Would this not make a more affectionate tribute to this Holiday gem?

Save your money and wait to see if the original comes back. If you own the album, find your old phonograph and play for Christmas. I never understand why people bother to tamper with the originals, as they are always the best.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Did you like the original 1975 version?, March 21, 2006

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cariboo - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Sesame Street Christmas (Audio CD)

If so, try this website http://www.stef.net/sesamestreetchristmas/ where you can get the original for free. This version is okay, but is missing a few of my favorite tracks, and I was happy to see that I could download the original online. Just for those who would like to know...

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Fun for Everyone, February 15, 2003

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Bruce Aguilar (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Sesame Street Christmas (Audio CD)

I can't tell you how many times I've listened to this CD. It's become a Christmas staple for our house. Although it's a bit short (only 32 minutes) and it repeats a few songs I still can't get enough. My favorites are A Christmas Pagent that's just like having the show in audio form and the Keep Christmas With You (All Through The Year) which I've been singing ever since I first heard it on the show years and years ago. If you like Sesame Street, you'll love this CD.

1. Sesame Street Christmas Overture - The Sesame Street Festival Orchestra

2. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Company

3. Deck The Halls/Jingle Bells/White Christmas/Winter Wonderland - The Company

4. I Hate Christmas - Ocsar the Grouch (who else?)

5. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Bert & Ernie

6. The Twelve Days of Christmas - The Company

7. A True Blue Christmas - Hoots the Owl, Bob, Elmo

8. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas/Silver Bells/The Christmas Song/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (reprise) - The Company

9. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - The Count

10. A Christmas Pagent - Bert, Ernie Prairie Dawn, Harry, Grover and Cookie Monster

11. Keep Christmas With You (All Through The Year) - Susan, Gordon, Big Bird, Luis, Hoots the Owl, Bob, Prarire Dawn & Ernie

12. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (reprise) - The Company