A Muppet Family Christmas (VHS, 1998)

Muppet Family Christmas is an exciting holiday movie, perfect for the family. Jim Henson incorporated The fun loving muppets with characters from sesame street and fraggle rock.

Why did I buy this... it's simple. It's one of hte best holiday movies out there, it's just too bad that this movie is rare to find. It should definetly be restored and be available in stores.

This movie is the best of all Jim Henson! It includes the muppets, the characters of Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock & Jim Henson himself. It has been a favourite of mine since I was child. I highly recommend to families who care about the content of what their children watch. Fun to watch all year round for the entire family.

The story starts with Fozzie taking Kermit & the muppets to his mother's house for the holidays, unannounced. Shes planning a vacation & rents the house to Doc & Sprocket (Fraggles). Just as hes getting to know the muppets, the cast of Sesame Street join them & the house gets a little crowded. Almost everyone has joined them, except for Miss Piggy, who is off doing a model shoot & shopping. Meanwhile, Robin explores the house & meets the Fraggles who share their own holiday traditions with him. In the end, Jim Henson keeps a watchful eye over his friends & family.

I first watched the TV special "A Muppet Family Christmas" back in 1987 with our (then) 2 sons. The next year our 3rd little boy was born... and the tradition of watching this moving together is always anticipated. My original copy was taped off of the TV and somehow during a recent move was lost. It was very difficult to find in stores and the DVD's I did find were very expensive.. so I went with the good old VHS. The picture and sound are clear. Now our sons are 30, 27 and 22 and I'm blessed to have a granddaughter so we can begin to share the tradition with her as well. My sons and I still randomly quote phrases from the movie such as "Watch out for the icy patch" and "It's cold enough to freeze your Winnebago!" (But I guess you have to watch the movie 100 times to "get it"!)

To anyone reading this, please consider purchasing this heart warming Holiday gem with your whole family. Merry Christmas!!! ~Janie

I recorded this Christmas special many years ago for my children. For some reason I still watch it every year. I always say to my grown daughter, "let's watch the one where they sing every Christmas song there is!" With all the cute animated Christmas specials available, this is the only one where I can hear "The Holly and The Ivy" and "It's in Every One of Us," two favorites. The thought of cramming so many in one country house for the holiday, with a snowstorm outside, totally captures the feeling of a winter holiday. My family loves it still, and my kids are all grown up.

This is one of my all time favorite Christmas movies. The plot and story line are great! I can't wait to share it with my kids :) Since it is never aired on t.v. I have watched it on Youtube for the past few Christmas seasons so I am very excited to have the movie for my home.