It’s Christmas Eve! Tune in as we bring Advent to a close with the first Christmas special I ever remember watching, from 1978.  ****   Guests:  Erin Evans (@mserinmevans).  Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, Words with Nerds, @ImGonnaDJ24).  ****   Topics & Tangents:  1. My taped copy of this is interrupted in the middle by a WHYY telethon with Philadelphia TV legend Ed Cunningham.  2. The Count’s amazing ice-skating cape.  3. The wibbly-wobbly physics of Oscar’s trash can.  4. Olivia married the Predator.  5. An actual clue into how to get to Sesame Street.  6. A cameo by the seldom remembered Mr. Macintosh.  7. If you want to go read about Northern Calloway (David) and his off-screen troubles and tragic death, go right ahead.  8. The adorable 2-year-old girl too little for her own vocabulary trying to explain that Santa pushes a magic button to go down chimneys is now in her 40s.  9. Don’t Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  10. An oral history of Mr. Snuffleupagus’s revelation as not imaginary.  11. Oscar holds a broom like it’s Not His Broom.  12. Ernie’s pajamas look like the background of the “Trololo” video.  13. Joey makes my Christmas by assuring me I didn’t imagine The Candy Apple News Company.  ****  ️‍♂️ After This Episode:  Listen to my guest appearance on the Two Bad Neighbors podcast discussing my favorite Christmas-adjacent episode of The Simpsons, Marge Be Not Proud.  Then go relax or take a nap or something. Hope you enjoy your Christmas!  ****  “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street” © 1978 Children’s Television Workshop.  Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.