A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas is a 1987 Christmas television special starring Jim Henson's Muppets.

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A Muppet Family Christmas - 1987 - Christmas - Television special - Jim Henson - Muppets

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The plot involves Doc (from Fraggle Rock) escaping city life to spend the holidays in the country. The country house he chooses to stay at happens to be owned and operated by Fozzie Bear's mother, who is renting the house to Doc because she is going to California for Christmas. When Fozzie comes home for the holidays—bringing all his Muppet friends with him—everyone gets snowed in and chaos and hilarity ensue.

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Fraggle Rock - Fozzie Bear - California - Christmas

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This is the only Muppet production to feature Muppets associated with all four of the major Muppet franchises—The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock and Muppet Babies (who are seen as actual puppets here). This film also features the second on-screen appearance of Jim Henson in a Muppet feature(cameoing in the background in The Great Muppet Caper, documentaries and retrospectives notwithstanding); he can be seen in the kitchen doing dishes towards the end of the movie.

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The Muppet Show - Sesame Street - Fraggle Rock - Muppet Babies - Jim Henson - The Great Muppet Caper

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Recent video releases of the movie leave out two musical numbers and at least four other scenes (check out the alternate versions section of the IMDb link below for details). No reason is given for this exclusion, but many fans miss the material. The exclusions do not affect the plot.

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