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Elmo's Christmas Countdown is a 2007 television Christmas special, featuring the characters from Sesame Street. It was first aired on December 23, 2007, on ABC and starred Ben Stiller.
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00:00All those Christmas fruitcakes!
00:03Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
00:05Whoa!
00:07Whoa, pull it up, pull it up, pull it up!
00:10Whoa! Watch out for the Christmas tree!
00:12Ah!
00:14All right, now slow down, slow down.
00:16Oh, hey!
00:18Sorry, elves!
00:20Hey, story!
00:22Whoa!
00:24Where are you going? Whoa, wait!
00:26This is fun!
00:28Where are you going? Whoa, wait!
00:30This is my snow!
00:34That does it!
00:36Vixen, how'd you even get a license?
00:38Why, I ought to...
00:40Oh, hi. Welcome to North Pole.
00:42The name's Stiller. Stiller the elf.
00:44Oh!
00:46Introduce me, introduce me!
00:48What?
00:50This is Stan, the snowball.
00:52Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
00:54Whoa!
00:56Now, you know why?
00:58Because it's meatloaf night.
01:00No, not because it's meatloaf night, Stan.
01:02Because it's almost Christmas!
01:04Oh, yeah, that too.
01:06And in fact, I'm the elf who searches the globe
01:08to find someone to do the magical Christmas countdown.
01:10I've never heard of such a thing.
01:12Really?
01:14Well, you've definitely heard about the terrible time
01:16the Christmas almost didn't come
01:18because the Christmas countdown went kablooey.
01:20I must have missed it. Was it in the papers?
01:22All right, hold everything.
01:24It's finally time to tell you all a little Christmas story.
01:26Oh, boy.
01:28It all begins just like this.
01:32Whoa!
01:34How did you do that?
01:36Ancient elfin secret.
01:38You have no idea, do you?
01:40Not a clue.
01:42Oh, well, let's add some atmosphere.
01:44Oh, to the left there. Yeah, a little more on the lamp pole.
01:46Yeah, yeah, there you go. Good.
01:54Do-do-do-do-do
01:56Do-do-do-do-do
01:58There's a special kind of feeling
02:00Elmo feels it on the street
02:02You can see it in the smiles
02:04Of the people that you meet
02:08What is this special something
02:10That I see here on display
02:12It's almost time for Christmas
02:14Yes, it's almost Christmas Day
02:16It's almost Christmas Day
02:22It's almost Christmas
02:24It's almost Christmas
02:26It's almost Christmas Day
02:32Love's the taste of Christmas
02:34Like a frosty cold snowflake
02:36Or a minty candy cake
02:38Or a three week old fruitcake
02:40So deck the halls with holly
02:42And watch for Santa's sleigh
02:44Cause it's almost time for Christmas, cause it's almost Christmas Day!
02:53Ha ha ha ha!
02:54It's almost Christmas!
02:56It's almost Christmas!
02:57It's almost Christmas!
02:59It's almost Christmas!
03:01It's almost Christmas!
03:03It's almost Christmas!
03:06Almost Christmas Day!
03:11Merry Christmas!
03:12Ha ha ha ha!
03:14Bye everybody!
03:15Bye!
03:16Have a great Christmas, Elmo!
03:18Oh, you too, Michelle!
03:19Alright!
03:21Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
03:23Elmo's so excited!
03:24It's Christmas Eve, and that means Santa is coming soon!
03:29Do you hear that?
03:32It sounds like sleigh bells!
03:34This is my stop!
03:36Oof!
03:37Ha ha ha ha!
03:40That is the last time I'm riding with you, Comet!
03:43Absolute last time!
03:45Wait a minute!
03:46Who said that?
03:47Stop the story!
03:48Stop the story!
03:50What is it?
03:51You're actually in the story?
03:54Yep.
03:55Whoa!
03:56You're a big star!
03:58Like the Grinch!
03:59Or Frosty!
04:00Or that round-headed kid who picked out that crummy tree!
04:06Oh, just tell me, what were you doing on Sesame Street?
04:09I was there to choose the lucky person to count down Christmas.
04:12And that was Elmo, right?
04:14Actually, I had someone else in mind.
04:17Oh.
04:19Oscar the Grouch is over here.
04:21Great, because according to my market research,
04:23Oscar the Grouch has more Christmas spirit, more Christmas joy,
04:27and more Christmas chutzpah than anyone in the whole wide world,
04:30making him the perfect person to count down Christmas.
04:34Huh?
04:35Is Mr. Alf sure he's got the right Oscar?
04:38Research data don't lie, little man.
04:40Research data don't lie.
04:44Merry Christmas, Oscar the Grouch!
04:47Ow!
04:48What the?
04:49Hey!
04:50Keep your junk out of my trash can!
04:52This is not junk!
04:54This happens to be a genuine, honest-to-goodness Christmas counter-downer.
04:58What in the holly and the ivy is a Christmas counter-downer?
05:02You count down to Christmas with it on Christmas Eve.
05:05In fact, without this little baby, Christmas would never come.
05:09No way!
05:10It's true!
05:11In order to count down Christmas,
05:12you open each of these numbered windows from ten to one,
05:14and when you finish counting down,
05:16Santa makes his first appearance and Christmas is officially here.
05:19Oh, boy! Counting down to Christmas sounds like fun!
05:23Well, I think it sounds like a royal pain in the King Wenceslaus.
05:27No, Oscar!
05:28Whoa!
05:30Come on, grouchy, furry, green man.
05:32It'll be great.
05:33Open windows ten to one.
05:35Counting down is lots of fun.
05:37Say you'll do it, then I'll run.
05:39Count down Christmas.
05:41People loaded with goodwill.
05:43Giving presents, what a thrill.
05:45That slushy nonsense makes me ill.
05:47I hate Christmas.
05:50Ah!
05:51Whoa!
05:52Ah!
05:53Each window has its own surprise
05:56that opens up before your eyes.
05:58Now, come on, buddy, don't be shy.
06:00Count down Christmas.
06:02Christmas carols to be sung.
06:04Decorations to be hung.
06:06Oh, yeah, well, I stick out my tongue.
06:08I hate Christmas.
06:11Oh!
06:12Catch it!
06:13Ah!
06:14Christmas Day is almost here.
06:17When it's over, then I'll cheer.
06:19But it's only once a year.
06:21I'm glad it's only once a year.
06:23Count down.
06:24I hate.
06:25Count down.
06:26I hate.
06:27Count down.
06:28I hate.
06:29Now I doubt Christmas.
06:31So, what do you say?
06:33I say you can take this Christmas counter-downer...
06:36Yes!
06:37...and stuff it in your stocking.
06:42Ah!
06:43Oh, no!
06:46I got it!
06:47I got it!
06:48I got it!
06:51I don't got it.
06:52Whoa!
06:55Uh-oh.
06:56Uh-oh? This is not uh-oh.
06:58Uh-oh is termites in your gingerbread house.
07:00Uh-oh is a candy cane lodged in your left nostril.
07:03This is not uh-oh.
07:05Well, what is it, then?
07:06Without the Christmas counter-downer,
07:08Christmas will never come again.
07:11Uh-oh.
07:12Stan?
07:14Where are you, Stan?
07:15Oh!
07:16Tell me!
07:17Did they do the countdown?
07:18Did Christmas come?
07:19Did anyone get a candy cane lodged in their left nostril?
07:22No.
07:23I was doing a little soul-searching, Stan.
07:25A little soul-searching.
07:26Oh.
07:28I'm the guy who demolished Christmas.
07:30Is that a crime?
07:31Elmo's not sure.
07:33What if it is?
07:34I may have to do time.
07:35Huh?
07:36I'm going to end up in prison.
07:37What?
07:38In Starr.
07:39In the cooler.
07:40In the big house.
07:41In the pen.
07:42Oh, no!
07:43What now?
07:44I'm out of synonyms for jail.
07:45Oh, well, calm down, Mr. Elf.
07:47Calm down.
07:48How can I be calm when I ruined Christmas?
07:50Think of the children, Elmo.
07:51Think of the children.
07:52Wait, wait, wait, wait.
07:54Elmo has an idea.
07:58What are you doing?
08:00Elmo's making a Christmas wish on a Christmas star for a Christmas miracle.
08:06A Christmas on a Christmas for a Christmas?
08:10You've got to be kidding me.
08:12Please let all the pieces of the counter-downer come back so that Christmas can come again.
08:20Come on, kid.
08:22We're not living in a storybook here.
08:24This is real life.
08:25It's not like the pieces of the Christmas counter-downer are just going to appear out of nowhere.
08:31Anybody lose the number 10?
08:34Hallelujah.
08:36It's a Christmas miracle.
08:38Who are you, and where did you get that?
08:41I'm Abby, and I'm a fairy in training, and this thing just bonked me on the wings.
08:46Abby, that's a piece of the Christmas counter-downer that counts down Christmas.
08:51Mr. Elf broke it.
08:52Hey, let's not point fingers here.
08:54Christmas may never come again.
08:56Oh, no.
08:57Oh, but don't worry, Abby.
08:59Elmo made a Christmas wish on a Christmas star for a Christmas miracle.
09:03Oh, good. So everything will be okay.
09:05You're not telling me you believe that stuff, too.
09:07Well, of course I do.
09:09Christmas is the most magical time of year.
09:11So let the countdown begin.
09:18All right, fine.
09:20I think it's pointless, but if you want to start the countdown, let's start the countdown.
09:23Yeah, let's start the countdown.
09:26Ten.
09:29Oh, what's happening?
09:31What's happening?
09:32The box is revealing its special Christmas surprise.
09:34This is basic Christmas counter-downer physics.
09:36Come on, people.
09:39Wow.
09:53Ooh.
09:58Ding, dong, ding, dong, that is the song.
10:00We cheerfully all caroling.
10:02One seems to hear words of good cheer from everywhere.
10:05Feeling the air, oh, how they pound.
10:07Raising the sound, oh, hear it now.
10:09Telling the tale, clearly they ring.
10:11While people sing songs of a cheer.
10:13Christmas is here.
10:14Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas.
10:16Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas.
10:18Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong.
10:28Listen.
10:30Ding, dong.
10:46I count the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, throw cares away, Christmas is here, bringing good cheer, to young and old, meek and the bold, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong,
11:16ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, oh, how they rhyme, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong, ring-a-dong.
11:32Oh ho ho! The Christmas countdown has begun! Yay!
11:36Haha, ha ha!
11:37Yay, yes!
11:38Look, I don't wanna mess up your whole Joy to the World moment here.
11:41There are still nine more missing boxes left to find. Nine!
11:45And if we don't find them, Christmas ain't coming.
11:48Why, just the thought of it makes me want to scream.
11:50Ah!
11:51Just like that.
11:53What was that?
11:54Let's go see.
11:55OK.
11:57It's Bert.
11:59Bert, what happened?
12:00Well, I was eating my annual celebratory bowl of Christmas
12:03Eve oatmeal when this thing plopped down into my bowl.
12:07Look, it's box number nine.
12:10Yeah.
12:10The boxes are coming in perfect order.
12:12Alleluia.
12:14What was that?
12:15It's a miracle.
12:17Ew.
12:18He's getting oatmeal lumps all over it.
12:20How'd you get in here?
12:23Wait a minute.
12:23To the counter, Downer.
12:24Thanks, Bert.
12:25Yeah.
12:28What just happened?
12:31Nine.
12:37And now, Charles Blitzen with a Counter Downer News
12:41special report.
12:42Good evening.
12:43The countdown seems to be moving smoothly,
12:45and we are now eight boxes away from the official start
12:49of Christmas.
12:50Hold on.
12:51What's that?
12:52Oh, my goodness.
12:54This just in.
12:55Christmas may not come this year.
12:56I repeat, Christmas may not come at all,
12:59thanks to the ineptitude of one stiller the elf.
13:03If you see this elfin menace, alert the authorities.
13:06And do whatever you can to subdue him
13:08so he can't do any more damage to Christmas.
13:11Hey, don't besmirch me, Rudolph.
13:13I don't play those reindeer games.
13:16Come here.
13:17I think his name is Charles.
13:20Come here.
13:20Mr. Elf needs a vacation.
13:24You think?
13:26Hey, hey, hey.
13:28Stan, what are you doing?
13:30I'm subduing you, just like the reindeer told
13:32me to do on that news report.
13:35Thanks a lot, pal.
13:36What can I say?
13:37I'm made of snow.
13:38I'm very impressionable.
13:40Now tell me, you elfin menace, what
13:43happened next on Elmo's Christmas countdown?
13:46Well, Abby and Elmo were a little worried.
13:49So they looked to me for comfort.
13:51Oh.
13:53Worry, little furry amigos, worry.
13:56I can't fix this.
13:58I just have the strength of one small bowl of picky pudding.
14:02He's very emotional, isn't he?
14:05Yeah.
14:06Don't worry, Mr. Elf.
14:08It's going to be OK.
14:10Right.
14:11Sure.
14:11I forgot all the pieces of the Christmas countdown
14:14just kept falling down out of the sky.
14:17Look out, people.
14:19Help!
14:22Ouch.
14:23Time little elfin puddings.
14:25Are you OK?
14:26Oh, Super Glover, what happened?
14:29I was flying along, minding my own super business
14:32when this got caught in my cape.
14:35What's number eight?
14:38It's a Christmas miracle.
14:41Actually, it's an FAA violation.
14:43Oh, great.
14:44Now I'm in trouble with the feds.
14:45But since it is Christmas, I will let it slide.
14:48Oh, well, to the counter, downer.
14:50To the counter, downer.
14:52Do not let it happen again, though.
14:54I am tough, but fair.
14:59Hey.
15:01Whoa.
15:06I want a Snuffleupagus for Christmas.
15:10Only a Snuffleupagus will do.
15:14Don't want a doll, no dinky tinker toy.
15:18I want a Snuffleupagus to play with and enjoy.
15:22That is so weird, Big Bird, because I want the same thing.
15:25No.
15:25Yes.
15:26I want a Snuffleupagus for Christmas.
15:30I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
15:33No.
15:34Won't have to use a dirty chimney flue.
15:38Spring them through the front door,
15:40that's the easy thing to do.
15:42I can see us now on Christmas morning,
15:46creeping down the stairs.
15:49What a joy and what surprise when we open up our eyes
15:53to see a Snufflehero standing there.
15:58A Snuffleupagus, just what we always wanted.
16:02Oh, I want a Snuffleupagus for Christmas.
16:05Yep.
16:06Only a Snuffleupagus will do.
16:08All right.
16:10No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses.
16:13Uh-huh.
16:14We only like Snuffleupaguses.
16:17Snuffleupaguses like you.
16:21Like us.
16:24Like us, too.
16:26Merry Christmas, you guys.
16:37Here's one.
16:38Help wanted, construction worker.
16:40I've always wanted to wear a manly tool belt.
16:43Looks like he's at it again.
16:45Yeah.
16:46Well, what is Mr. Elf doing?
16:48I'm looking for a new job, because when Christmas
16:50doesn't come this year, I'm going to be so fired.
16:54But Christmas is going to come.
16:56Oh, really?
16:57Yes, because Elmo made a Christmas wish.
17:00Come on, kid.
17:01Wake up and smell the eggnog.
17:03The missing pieces are not going to just show up here
17:06wrapped in a nice little bow.
17:08Hey, Elmo.
17:09Elmo.
17:10Look what I got you for Christmas.
17:13It's box number seven, wrapped in a nice little bow.
17:17Hallelujah.
17:19It's a Christmas miracle.
17:22Oh, and the greatest gift ever.
17:25Oh, thanks, Big Bird.
17:26Come on, come on, come on.
17:27Sure.
17:29I always know the perfect gift.
17:33Seven.
17:36Welcome to the Bird and Ernie Christmas Special,
17:39starring Tony Sirico as Bird and Steve Shariffa as Ernie.
17:44Oh, oh, oh, Ernie.
17:46What the heck is sticking out of your ear over there?
17:50Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.
17:52What, what, what?
17:53Mr. Sirico.
17:54That was all wrong.
17:56You're supposed to say, hey, Ernie,
17:58do you know that you have a gingerbread man in your ear?
18:02I am?
18:03That's what the script says.
18:05Not to worry.
18:07Bird, my good friend, I can handle this.
18:09Great.
18:10Let's take it from the top.
18:11Gingerbread man!
18:13Gingerbread man!
18:15Oh, thanks, Prairie.
18:17No problem.
18:20And action!
18:22Hey, Ernie,
18:23do you know that you have a gingerbread man in your ear?
18:26Yeah, I know.
18:27Wanna bite?
18:28Wanna bite?
18:29Do I look like I wanna taste your wax frosting to you?
18:33Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.
18:37Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.
18:39Steve.
18:40What's up, Ernie, what's up?
18:41You see, you're not actually supposed to hear Bird
18:43when he says you have a gingerbread man in your ear.
18:45I'm not?
18:46No.
18:47Gingerbread man!
18:48Gingerbread man!
18:49GINGERBREAD MAN!
18:51Oh, is she going to keep on doing that?
18:53Uh, Prairie, may I? Could I just, uh...
18:55Sure.
18:55Yeah, watch this.
18:56Let me see.
18:56Hey, Bert, uh, give me that lime, will you?
18:58Oh, right, right, right, right, right.
19:00Ahem. Hey, uh, Ernie, do you know you have a gingerbread man in your ear?
19:05What's that, Bert?
19:06I said you have a gingerbread man in your ear, Ernie.
19:09What do you say, Bert?
19:10There's a gingerbread man in your ear!
19:14I'm sorry, Bert. I can't hear you. There's a gingerbread man in my ear.
19:19Oh, I get it. I get it now, Ernie.
19:20What?
19:21I get it. I said I get it now, Ernie!
19:23He gets it.
19:24Right, right. GINGERBREAD MAN!
19:26GINGERBREAD MAN!
19:29Hey, again with the gingerbread man.
19:32And action!
19:35I can't hear you, Bert. I got a gingerbread man stuck in my ear.
19:38Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
19:40CUT!
19:42Uh, Steve, the Ernie laugh is a bit more like this.
19:45Ahem.
19:48Oh, like this.
19:49Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee
19:51Oh, what are you still not?
19:52It's like this.
19:53Pfff.
19:54Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa.
19:56Please do not laugh like Ernie and Mr. Cerrico.
19:59Now why not, boy?
20:00Because you're playing me.
20:02The patented birth laugh goes like this.
20:05Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
20:06Oh, what are you kidding?
20:07I can do that.
20:08Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
20:09No no no no.
20:10Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
20:11Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
20:12Oh no no no no.
20:13Steve, Steve, Steve.
20:14You have to stick with pfff.
20:15Pfff.
20:16Pfff.
20:17Pfff.
20:18Pfff.
20:19Yeah, and you do this.
20:20Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha.
20:21And then you go.
20:22Pfff.
20:23Yeah, don't listen to him.
20:24Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha.
20:25Pfff.
20:26Tony, we got to get ourselves out of this gig, I'm telling you.
20:27I mean, what are we going to do?
20:28Oh, what do I know?
20:29Do I look like a writer?
20:30Why don't we just fade to black?
20:31That's a good idea, Prairie.
20:32Fade to black.
20:33Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
20:34Hey, who turned out the lights?
20:35Pfff.
20:36Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee.
20:37I'm sorry.
20:39I'm sorry.
20:40I'm really sorry.
20:41It was my fault.
20:42It was my gross negligence that caused the extinction of Christmas.
20:43And for that, I'm, I'm really, really, really sorry.
20:44What's Mr. Elf doing now?
20:45Elmo doesn't know.
20:46Mr. Elf, what are you doing now?
20:47Just practicing for when I have to apologize to the world on Oprah.
20:48Don't worry, Mr. Elf.
20:49Elmo knows that everything's going to be okay.
20:50You're going to be okay.
20:51You're going to be okay.
20:52You're going to be okay.
20:53You're going to be okay.
20:54You're going to be okay.
20:55You're going to be okay.
20:56You're going to be okay.
20:57You're going to be okay.
20:58You're going to be okay.
20:59You're going to be okay.
21:00You're going to be okay.
21:08You're going to be okay.
21:09You're going to be okay.
21:10You're going to be okay.
21:11You're going to be okay.
21:12You're going to be okay.
21:13You're going to be okay.
21:14You're going to be okay.
21:15You're going to be okay.
21:16You're going to be okay.
21:17You're going to be okay.
21:18You're going to be okay.
21:19You're going to be okay.
21:20You're going to be okay.
21:21You're going to be okay.
21:22You're going to be okay.
21:23You're going to be okay.
21:24You're going to be okay.
21:25You're going to be okay.
21:26You're going to be okay.
21:27You're going to be okay.
21:28You're going to be okay.
21:29You're going to be okay.
21:30You're going to be okay.
21:31You're going to be okay.
21:32See?
21:33It has the number 5 on it.
21:34And that is not the next number in the countdown.
21:36No, sir.
21:37Well, maybe it'll work anyway.
21:39No, it won't.
21:40It can't.
21:41The countdown is very specific.
21:42It goes 10, 9, 8, 7, 6.
21:44Not 10, 9, 8, 7, 5.
21:46We are so doomed.
21:48Well, I'm just going to try it anyway.
21:49Come on, Abby.
21:50Yeah.
21:52I can't bear to watch.
21:57Ready?
21:58Yeah, yeah.
21:595!
22:01I'm having palpitations right now.
22:03Ready?
22:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:055!
22:06World spinning.
22:07Blood sugar dropping.
22:08Acid refluxing.
22:10Okay, let's do it again.
22:11Okay.
22:125!
22:15Oh, the wooziness in my brain.
22:20Hey, Mr. L!
22:21Mr. L, are you okay?
22:22Are you okay?
22:23Come here.
22:24Come on.
22:25We got you.
22:26We got you.
22:27We got you.
22:28Okay.
22:29It's crazy.
22:30I'll take him to get some water.
22:31Okay.
22:32Come on, Mr. L.
22:33Be careful.
22:34Come on.
22:35Be careful.
22:36Don't worry, Mr. L.
22:37Everything's going to be a-okay.
22:39Elmo will just stay here and wait for box number 6.
22:42Elmo knows it's on its way.
22:44Elmo believes.
22:45Did box number 6 appear yet?
22:47Was Christmas saved?
22:48Uh-uh.
22:49In fact, even Elmo was starting to believe that Christmas didn't have a snowball's chance
22:53in...
22:54Hey!
22:55This is family programming.
22:56Let's just get back to the story.
23:00Box number 6 will come right now.
23:05Now!
23:09Now!
23:12Oh, no.
23:14What if Mr. Elf is right?
23:17What if Elmo's Christmas wish on a Christmas star for a Christmas miracle doesn't come true?
23:24Christmas may never come again.
23:29Hey, E!
23:31Hey, Felicia.
23:32Wait a minute.
23:33What are you doing out here all by yourself on Christmas Eve?
23:36Well, Elmo and his friends had a big problem.
23:40Elmo made a Christmas wish on a Christmas star for a Christmas miracle,
23:44and Elmo thought it was all going to be okay.
23:48Yeah.
23:49Now Elmo doesn't think so.
23:51Hey, Elmo, come on.
23:53Now, you know, when things are at their worst, their darkest, their lowest,
23:57that's when you have to believe the most.
23:59Elmo does?
24:00Absolutely!
24:12Said the night wind to the little lamb
24:18Do you see what I see?
24:24Way up in the sky, little lamb
24:29Do you see what I see?
24:34A star, a star
24:37Dancing in the night
24:40With a tail as big as a kite
24:45With a tail as big as a kite
24:53Said that little lamb to the shepherd boy
24:59Do you hear what Elmo hears?
25:04Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy
25:10Do you hear what Elmo hears?
25:15A song, a song
25:18High above the tree
25:20With a voice as big as the sea
25:25With a voice as big as the sea
25:39Said the king to the people everywhere
25:46Listen to what I say
25:49Listen to what she says
25:52Pray for peace, people everywhere
25:57Listen to what I say
26:00Listen to what Alicia says
26:02The child, the child
26:05Sleeping in the night
26:07He will bring us goodness and light
26:12He will bring us goodness and light
26:21A star, a star
26:35I hear what you hear, and I can't believe I'm hearing what I'm hearing.
26:39How can you people be singing when we need to find box number six of the Christmas Counter Downer?
26:45Oh, wait a minute.
26:47By any chance, is this what you're looking for?
26:50Oh, yeah! Box number six!
26:53Hallelujah!
26:55Christmas miracles are real!
26:58Oh, thanks. Thanks, Miss Alicia.
27:00You're welcome.
27:01Bye!
27:02Bye.
27:03Keep believing, Elmo.
27:06Yeah!
27:08And now, Charles Blitzen with another Christmas Countdown Report.
27:12Mass hysteria has broken out around the globe as word spreads that Stiller the Elf has ruined Christmas for everyone.
27:20Heck of a job, Curly Shoes. Heck of a job.
27:23Whoa!
27:25That's it, Blitzen.
27:27Come on out here and we'll settle this like elves.
27:30Come on. What are you? Chicken?
27:32I believe he's a reindeer.
27:34Oh, look, look, look! Box number five!
27:37Whoa!
27:56Got a Christmas town for you to see
27:59Got a Christmas town for you to see
28:02It all takes place underneath this tree
28:04J. Fox and the Boxes in the red dirt
28:06Doesn't have the moves like the Nutcracker
28:12He'd climb Mount Everest, cross the Sahara
28:14Do anything for his best friend Clara
28:24Take one look, then look twice
28:26Out of nowhere, dancing mice
28:28Mice
28:32Up on the beat
28:34Nutcracker's sweet
28:36Up on the beat
28:39Sweet
28:40All eyes move to the mice of the cholera
28:42And making their gestures for the mouse
28:44Key
28:48Who's got it now? Getting out there, checking it
28:50Mouse in the house, getting out there, wrecking it
28:52Beady-eyed, brisk as pearl
28:54Come to Stiller, back this girl
28:56Nutcracker's ready, time to stand up
28:58Locks some mice and puts his hand up
29:00E-L-M-O
29:02One of us has got to go
29:04What, Elmo's back? Elmo don't think so
29:06This is the Nutcracker show
29:12Up on the beat
29:14Nutcracker's sweet
29:16Up on the beat
29:20Now the king mouse bows to defeat
29:22The Elmo's Nutcracker victory sweep
29:24Victory sweep
29:32Wow!
29:34Is Mr. Elf calm now?
29:36I'm fine
29:38Totally decompressed
29:40It is like I am one with the universe
29:42Great, because we only have
29:44Four more boxes to go
29:46Four? Oh dear, I am officially
29:48No longer calm
29:50Something tells me
29:52He still doesn't believe
29:54In Christmas miracles
29:56Poor Mr. Elf
30:00Stan? Stan?
30:02Oh no
30:04A puddle of water
30:06The story must have gotten Stan so excited
30:08That he melted
30:10Why Stan? Why?
30:12Why what?
30:14Never mind
30:16Then let's get back to the story
30:20When is Mr. Elf going to believe
30:22That everything's going to be okay?
30:24When the rest of the pieces
30:26Show up here in front of me
30:30Look what I found in my bed
30:32And look what I found in my bed
30:34And perhaps you'd like to take a gandu
30:36At what I found in my bed
30:38Whoa, it's boxes four, three, two
30:40Yeah
30:42Anybody else hear music?
30:44Yeah
30:46Here you go
30:48Thank you, thank you
30:50There you go
30:54We're always finding stuff in our beds
30:56You know, maybe it's time to hire a cleaning lady
31:06Oh no, not again
31:08Charles Blitzen here with a special message
31:10For one Stiller the Elf
31:12Stiller, on behalf of the nation
31:14I'd like to say
31:18Oh
31:20What is Mr. Elf doing?
31:22Elf yoga
31:24It calms me down when I'm stressed
31:26This is partridge in a pear tree pose
31:30While Mr. Elf is relaxing
31:34Elmo will put in box number three
31:40Three
31:42Whoa
31:48I saw three ships come sailing in
31:50Sailing in, sailing in
31:52I saw three ships come sailing in
31:54On Christmas day in the morning
31:56Wait, wait a minute
31:58Stop this song, stop this song
32:00Count, Count, what's wrong?
32:02I think we need more ships
32:04More? But the name of the song is
32:06I Saw Three Ships
32:08Yes, I know, Ty, but we can change that
32:10How?
32:12We can have an extreme
32:14Makeover Christmas Carol edition
32:18Oh, right
32:20All right, people
32:22We need more ships
32:24And we need it now
32:28I saw four ships come sailing in
32:30Sailing in, sailing in
32:32I saw four ships come sailing in
32:34On Christmas day in the morning
32:36That's one, two, three, four
32:38Four wonderful ships
32:42Are we expecting rain?
32:44No, we're expecting more ships
32:46What? More ships?
32:48More ships!
32:52I saw five ships come sailing in
32:54Sailing in, come sailing in
32:56I saw five ships come sailing in
32:58On Christmas day in the morning
33:00I saw five ships come sailing in
33:02Sailing in, sailing in
33:04I saw six ships come sailing in
33:06Sailing in, come sailing in
33:08I saw six ships come sailing in
33:10On Christmas day in the morning
33:12Bring more ships, Ty
33:14More ships!
33:16I saw seven ships come sailing in
33:18Sailing in, come sailing in
33:20I saw seven ships come sailing in
33:22On Christmas day in the morning
33:24I saw eight ships come sailing in
33:26Sailing in, come sailing in
33:28I saw nine ships come sailing in
33:30Sailing in, sailing in
33:32I saw nine ships come sailing in
33:34On Christmas day in the morning
33:36I saw ten ships come sailing in
33:38Sailing in, sailing in
33:40I saw ten ships come sailing in
33:42On Christmas day in the morning
33:48Ha ha! I love counting at Christmas!
33:50Merry Christmas, Ty!
33:54Ty?
34:00It's Mr. Awabboy
34:02Is Mr. F ready to count down box number two?
34:06Not now. I'm doing downward-facing penguin pose
34:08What?
34:10I'll do it!
34:12Okay!
34:14Two!
34:16Wow!
34:28Dashing through the snow
34:30In a one-horse open sleigh
34:32Over the fields we go
34:34Laughing all the way
34:36Jingle all the way
34:38Bells on bobtail ring
34:40Making spirits bright
34:42What fun it is to ride
34:44And sing a sleighing song tonight
34:46Jingle bells, jingle bells
34:48Jingle all the way
34:50Oh what fun it is to ride
34:52In a one-horse open sleigh
34:54Jingle bells, jingle bells
34:56Jingle all the way
34:58Oh what fun it is to ride
35:00In a one-horse open sleigh
35:02Yeah!
35:04Play it proud!
35:17Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
35:25Five golden rings, hey!
35:35Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!
35:43That was wonderful!
35:51Does Mr. Elf feel better now that he did elf yoga?
35:55Actually, I feel a bit strange.
35:58Probably because you're in tied-up Christmas bow pose.
36:01No, it's this nagging feeling that the last box is just going to show up in some weird and unexpectedly strange way.
36:07Something inside me keeps telling me it's going to happen.
36:10Oh, it sounds like Mr. Elf believes in miracles.
36:13You know, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I guess I do.
36:17I really do! I believe in Christmas miracles!
36:24Is Mr. Elf okay?
36:25Yeah, I just landed on this box that was weirdly, strangely, and unexpectedly sitting right here on Sesame Street.
36:32It's box number one!
36:36Wait, let me say it. It's a Christmas miracle!
36:42Yay! Let's finish the Christmas countdown!
36:46We had ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and now...
36:54Yay!
36:59This is it! This is the big one!
37:02Look! A cookie!
37:04A Christmas cookie!
37:06Somebody say cookie! Cookie!
37:11Cookie! Cookie! Cookie!
37:14No!
37:15Cookie! Cookie!
37:16Wait! Wait! Hold on!
37:18Oh yeah, yeah, yeah!
37:20Cookie!
37:36That voracious blue fellow just ate the Christmas counter downer!
37:39What does that mean?
37:41It means we can't finish the Christmas countdown!
37:44Oh my!
37:45It means Santa will never come again!
37:48Oh dear!
37:49It means Christmas is gone forever!
37:53Oh no!
38:00Don't you just love the holidays?
38:06This is so sad!
38:08Do things get better? Is there a happy ending?
38:11Why don't we just watch and find out?
38:16Thank you!
38:18Does this mean Christmas will never come again?
38:21I'm afraid not, Elmo.
38:24Come on, Elmo. Let's go home.
38:28Elmo's going to really miss Christmas.
38:34Oh, this is the worst.
38:36This may be the darkest day in all of elf history.
38:39I have never felt so low in my entire elfin existence.
38:43That's it! That's it!
38:44What is it?
38:45Elmo's friend Alicia Keys told Elmo
38:47that when things are at their worst, their lowest, their darkest,
38:51that's when Elmo has to believe even more!
38:54Can you do that, Elmo?
38:55Elmo can and Elmo will!
38:57And so will I!
38:59How about you, Mr. Elf?
39:01You know what? What the heck?
39:03It may be crazy, but I'm going to take a chance.
39:06I believe in Christmas miracles!
39:09Yay!
39:11We need your help.
39:12Do you believe in Christmas miracles?
39:15Well, come on! Believe with us!
39:18I believe! I believe! I believe!
39:22I believe! I believe!
39:26Do you hear that?
39:27Yeah, it sounds like sleigh bells.
39:30That can only mean one thing!
39:33Santa!
39:37Oh, sorry I'm late, guys.
39:39There was just a bunch of traffic over Europe,
39:42and then my sled blew the gasket,
39:44and Prancer's allergies are acting up,
39:46and then I got a speeding ticket on the Garden State Parkway.
39:49You figure the cop's going to let me go once he sees who it is, right?
39:52I show him my license. No go!
39:54It's a miracle I'm even here, I've got to be honest.
39:56It's a miracle?
39:58Yeah, a Christmas miracle.
40:02Now when things seem really hopeless,
40:04and you haven't got a chance,
40:06like your sled is broken down,
40:08or you're stacked up over branch,
40:10what you gonna do?
40:11Do you cry or do you grieve?
40:13You gotta have some faith, man!
40:15You gotta just believe!
40:17We believe! We believe!
40:19You gotta just believe!
40:21We believe! We believe!
40:23You gotta just believe!
40:25We believe! We believe!
40:27We believe! We believe!
40:29We believe! We believe!
40:31We believe!
40:33Say you lost your favorite toy,
40:35you're feeling really sad,
40:37don't think that you ever felt so gosh darn bad,
40:39wipe the tears from your eyes,
40:41blow your nose up on your sleeve,
40:43cause happiness will come again!
40:45You gotta just believe!
40:47We believe! We believe!
40:49You gotta just believe!
40:51We believe! We believe!
40:53You gotta just believe!
40:55We believe! We believe!
40:57We believe!
40:59Christmas Day is here,
41:01it's a miracle, it's true,
41:03but the biggest miracle
41:05is the miracle of you!
41:07You can do most anything,
41:09I'm sure you will achieve,
41:11you can make it happen!
41:13You gotta just believe!
41:15We believe! We believe!
41:17You gotta just believe!
41:19We believe! We believe!
41:21We believe! We believe!
41:23We believe! We believe!
41:25We believe! We believe!
41:27We believe! We believe!
41:29Elmo, I know you believe!
41:31We believe! We believe!
41:33Big Bird, back me up!
41:35We believe! We believe!
41:37Elmo, bring it on!
41:39We believe! We believe!
41:41We believe! We believe!
41:43They're not Christmas!
41:45We believe! We believe!
41:47Santa!
41:49Thanks for helping me believe in miracles, Elmo.
41:51Aww, you're welcome, Mr. Elf.
41:53Well, everybody, I got a very busy night, so it's time for me to say...
41:56Oh, Elmo knows, Elmo knows.
41:58Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
42:02Actually, Elmo, I was gonna say, peace out, but...
42:06Hey, you know what? I'll give it a try.
42:08Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
42:13Yay!
42:16And that's the story of Elmo's Christmas Countdown.
42:20Merry Christmas, everyone!
42:22And happy New Year, and happy Hanukkah, and happy Kwanzaa,
42:26and happy Arbor Day, and happy Groundhog's Day,
42:29and happy Martin Luther King Day, and happy Purim,
42:32and happy Valentine's Day, happy St. Paddy's Day...
44:22Merry Christmas!