Elmo Saves Christmas

<p>🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we spent <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/christmas-eve-on-sesame-street">Christmas Eve on Sesame Street</a>, Hanukkah on “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/shalom-sesame-chanukah">Shalom Sesame</a>,” and even uncovered the oddity, “<a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/a-special-sesame-street-christmas">A Special Sesame Street Christmas</a>.”  </p><p>This time, join us as we fly faster than time backwards around the globe to 1996 to watch Elmo save, then ruin, then fix Christmas, featuring Maya Angelou, Harvey Fierstein as the Easter Bunny, and “Doc Hopper,” himself, Charles Durning as Santa.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 Guests:  </h2><p>Becca Petunia (<a href="https://toughpigs.com/">ToughPigs.com</a>, <a href="https://toughpigs.com/tag/hubba-wha/">Hubba-Wha?!</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/UnclePetunio">@UnclePetunio</a>)  </p><p>Anthony Strand (<a href="https://toughpigs.com/">ToughPigs.com</a>, <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tough-pigs">Movin’ Right Along</a>)  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>1. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/show/SCSbMEPv-6xBugl9Tbm6osIA">Brats of the Lost Nebula</a>.”  </p><p>2.  Early <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Proto-Elmo">“proto-Elmo” appearances</a>.  </p><p>3. <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/In_the_Kitchen_with_Miss_Piggy">Miss Piggy’s cookbook</a> has a recipe by Maya Angelou.  </p><p>4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6LIC_J4384">Baby Bear is Jewish</a>.  </p><p>5. 14 Karat Soul sings “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu1eBYbRtkU">Down Below the Street</a>.”  </p><p>6. <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_0158?file=Erniebertcookiemystery.jpg">Cookie Monster disguised as Ernie</a>.  </p><p>7. A petition to remake “White Christmas” with <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Talk,_Listen,_Connect">Elmo and Rosita’s military veteran dads</a>.  </p><p>8. This special’s unique <a href="https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Sesa