12 Days Of Christmas Cookies

‘Tis the season to beat holiday classics to death. I mean, seriously – who hasn‘t done their own version of the 12 Days Of Christmas by this point? But since this is SESAME STREET and Cookie Monster it gets a pass. So enjoy Sid and his ode to the 12 Days Of Christmas Cookies…

Monday Montage

What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …

Celebrate two decades of a holiday tradition as Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the famed Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra for a 20th anniversary retrospective. Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Renee Fleming and more perform on 20 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR – tonight at 8 on PBS NC.

Lily James (Downton Abbey) has been cast to star in the BBC’s Beauty And the Beast pantomime airing next weekend in the UK.

A Christmas classic gets an update as Alan Cumming joins the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING – Tuesday at 9pm on PBS NC.

Merry Cookiemas!

Celebrate the season with SESAME STREET’s Cookie Monster and The 12 Days of Christmas Cookies. (Personally, I think om nom nom should become the new ho ho ho.)

Monday Montage

What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …

Explore Australian animal life as we journey Down Under to THE MAGICAL LAND OF OZ – Wednesday night at 10 on UNC-TV.

Hugh Laurie (Jeeves and Wooster) is set to star in a new BBC thriller about a UK politician that may draw parallels to real life. Roadkill will be written by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter David Hare (Page Eight).

Merry Cookiemas!

Join Cookie Monster for a delicious reading of A Visit From St. Nicholas. Happy holidays!

Sounds Familiar

“Dear Santie Claus. Me no care what kind cookies you bring me. You surprise Cookie Monster, okay?” – Cookie Monster (Frank Oz), typing a letter to Santa on the 1978 special Christmas Eve On Sesame Street

How Does Santa Get In?

As the holiday season is upon us, let’s take a look at a classic Sesame Street bit where Grover and Kermit ask impossibly cute children how Father Christmas gets into your house to deliver the presents.

Wednesday Trivia Question

What Sesame Street character saved Christmas in a 1996 PBS holiday special?