♪ Elmo: "Sesame Street: The Nutcracker" starring Elmo and Tango!

♪ Oscar: Ah, the holidays.

Wreathes and lights and people being merry.

Yuck!

Wake me up when it's over!

Louie: All right, and that... [Humming "Jingle Bells"] Mae: OK. We have the cookies, and we have this.

Elmo: ♪ La la la la la la ♪ Mae: Looks good.

Elmo: ♪ La la la la la ♪ And there!

Oh!

Hi!

It's Christmas, and Elmo's mommy and daddy are having a big holiday party!

Elmo's so excited!

Tango, this is your very first Christmas!

Tango: Arf!

Elmo: Yeah!

Elmo's gonna make sure it's the best Christmas ever!

Tango: Arf arf arf!

Aroo ruff!

Elmo: ♪ Elmo is gonna show you the best Christmas ever ♪ ♪ Happy is how we'll be on your first Christmas ♪ ♪ Wait and see ♪ Tango: Arf arf!

Elmo: ♪ Elmo is gonna share with you ♪ ♪ All of the Christmas things we do ♪ Tango: Arf!

Elmo: ♪ Make paper snowflakes for the tree ♪ Tango: Arf arf!

Elmo: ♪ Hang pretty lights for all to see ♪ ♪ Think of the gifts we'll be making ♪ ♪ And of the sweet smell of baking ♪ ♪ So much to do with you ♪ Tango: Arf aroo!

Elmo: ♪ Elmo is gonna show you ♪ ♪ The best Christmas ever ♪ ♪ Happy is how we'll be ♪ ♪ On your first Christmas, wait and see ♪ Oh!

Hello, everybody!

Grover: Ohh!

Abby: ♪ Bright colored flowers, bells, and bows ♪ ♪ ♪ Making a snowman if it snows ♪ ♪ Cookie Monster: ♪ So many cookies me must say ♪ ♪ ♪ Me gonna call it Cookie Day ♪ All: ♪ As long as we're all together ♪ ♪ We'll have the best Christmas ever ♪ ♪ Sing, dance, and play our way ♪ Tango: Arf arf arf!

All: ♪ Tango, we're gonna show you ♪ ♪ The best Christmas ever ♪ ♪ Happy is how we'll be on your first Christmas ♪ ♪ Wait and see ♪ Elmo: ♪ Because we will always be ♪ ♪ Furry friends forever ♪ All: ♪ Happy is how we'll be on your first Christmas ♪ ♪ Wait and see ♪ Elmo: Yay!

Bert: Oh, that was great.

Cookie Monster: Yeah!

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!

Ernie: Merry Christmas!

Elmo: Aw, Tango.

[Doorbell rings] Huh?

Tango: Arr?

Mae: Well, now who could that be?

♪ Count: Ah ah ah!

Merry Christmas!

Elmo: It's the Count!

Big Bird: Hello there, Count.

Elmo: Oh, and he brought presents for everyone!

Count: Ah!

That is right, Elmo.

Here is 1 present for Abby.

Abby: Ooh!

Count: 1 present for Big Bird.

Big Bird: Oh!

Count: And 1 present for Grover.

Grover: Oh, wow!

Big Bird: Thank you!

Abby: Thank you, Count!

Grover: Aw, thank you, Count!

Count: And here is 1 present for you, Elmo.

Elmo: Wow!

Thanks, Count!

Oh!

Wow!

A toy rocket ship!

Tango: Aroo!

Arf arf!

Elmo: Oh, oh, oh!

Cool!

Who-hoo!

Ha ha ha!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Count: Ha ha!

Here is 1 present for Cookie Monster.

Cookie Monster: Ooh!

Ohh!

A cookie?

Huh...yah!

How you know?

Ahh, nom nom nommy nom.

Count: Heh heh ha ha!

Now I only have 1 present left.

Let me see.

Ah.

Where is little Tango, hmm?

Tango: Aroo?

Ruff!

Count: Ha ha!

Hello there, Tango.

I heard that it is your first Christmas, so I got you a very special present.

Tango: Aroo?

Elmo: Come on, girl.

Open it up.

Wow!

A doggie toy!

Oh, and it looks like a Christmas nutcracker.

Tango: Woof!

Arf arf arf!

[Squeak] Elmo: Ha ha ha!

Go, Tango!

Cookie Monster: AW.

Look at her go!

Big Bird: Wow!

Cookie Monster: Little Tango!

Grover: Whoa!

Ha ha!

Don't you just love the holidays?

Tango: Woof arf arf arf!

Louie: Aw.

Good girl.

Big Bird: Aw.

Cookie Monster: Cute doggie.

Elmo: Aw.

Thanks, Count!

Elmo thinks Tango really likes her new toy!

♪ [Tango yawns] Louie: Eh, there you go, son.

Nice and cozy.

[Elmo yawns] Elmo: Oh.

Daddy, can you read Elmo and Tango a bedtime story?

Louie: Oh, sure.

Oh, let's see.

How about "The Nutcracker"?

Elmo: Oh, yeah!

Like Tango's toy!

Louie: Ahem.

"Once upon a time, "there was a little girl "who got a very special present for Christmas, "a nutcracker.

"The girl loved her nutcracker very much, but that night, a mouse came and tried to take it away."

Elmo: Wha?

A mouse?

Louie: That's right, Elmo, "but the little girl saved the nutcracker, "and then she and the nutcracker went "to the magic land of sweets, where they danced together all night long."

[Elmo yawns] Elmo: Elmo thinks that was a really good story, Daddy.

Louie: Ohh.

Merry Christmas, son.

[Elmo murmuring] Elmo: Ahh.

♪ Oh!

Elmo almost forgot to say Merry Christmas to Tango!

Merry Christmas, Tango.

Girl: Merry Christmas, Elmo.

Elmo: What?!

Tango, did you just talk?

Tango: Heh!

I think I did!

I can talk?

I can talk?!

I can talk!

Ooh!

That's a bed!

That's a...basket... and that's my toy!

My toy?

My toy!

Elmo: Aw, wait a minute.

Elmo knows what's happening.

Elmo fell asleep, and now he's dreaming.

Tango: Dreaming?

Elmo: Yeah!

Anything can happen in a dream.

Tango: Ooh!

If it's a dream, does that mean I can sing, too?

♪ La la la la ♪ Elmo: Wow!

Nice singing, Tango!

Tango: Come on, Elmo!

Let's sing together!

Elmo: Ooh, yeah!

Elmo would love to sing with Tango!

Both: ♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ ♪ Jingle all the way ♪ ♪ La la la la la la ♪ Voice: ♪ Do do do do do ♪ ♪ Do do do do do ♪ Wow!

Look at those 2 friends singing together.

Elmo and Tango: ♪ La la la la la ♪ Mouse: Sure seems nice.

[Sighs] [Toy squeaks] Ooh!

Pardon me.

Huh.

Hi there.

What's your name?

[Squeak] Ah.

Nice to meet you, Squeak.

Say, do you want to be my friend?

[Squeak] You do?

Oh, wonderful!

Come on, Squeak.

This way!

I've got lots and lots of fun places to show you!

Elmo and Tango: ♪ La la la la la ♪ Tango: Huh?

Hey!

That little mouse took my toy!

Elmo: Wha?

But this is the best Christmas ever!

Ooh!

A mouse can't take Tango's doggie toy.

Come on!

We've got to get the toy back!

Wow!

Tango: Whoa!

Elmo, what's happening?

Elmo: Wow!

Tango: Whoa!

Elmo: Elmo doesn't think we're in Elmo's room anymore.

Tango: Nuh-uh!

And we're smaller!

Look at all these flowers!

They're beautiful!

Elmo: Yeah!

[Sniffs] Tango: Ooh!

And they smell amazing!

Elmo: Hey!

There goes the mouse!

Come on, Tango.

Tango: Oh!

Uh, coming!

[Sniffs] Ahh.

♪ [Mouse humming] Mouse: You like the flowers, Squeak?

♪ [Squeak] Elmo: Oh!

That way!

Tango: Let's go!

Elmo: Huh?

♪ Hey!

Where'd the mouse go?

Mouse: Come on, Squeak.

Let's go!

Elmo: There he goes!

Tango: After him!

Mouse: Ha ha ha!

Ha ha!

Whee!

Ha ha ha!

Whoo-hoo!

[Squeak] [Flowers yawning] Middle flower: I say!

[Flowers grumbling] ♪ [Grumbling] Tango: Whoa!

[Flowers grumbling] Tango: Ha!

Whoa!

Those flowers sure are grumpy.

Elmo: Oh.

Excuse Elmo.

Flowers, can Elmo and Tango go through?

[Flowers grumbling] Elmo: Ohh.

Elmo and Tango can't get past the flowers.

Now how are we gonna get Tango's toy back?

Abby: ♪ Ahh da dee da ♪ Tango: Elmo, look!

Elmo: Oh!

It's Abby!

Tango: Abby!

Elmo: Abby!

Tango: Down here!

Elmo: Oh, Abby!

Abby: Hi, Elmo!

Hi, Tango!

Tango: Hey!

Abby: Wait!

Oh!

Tango, I didn't know you could talk.

Tango: Oh, yeah!

I can sing, too!

See?

♪ La la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ "Tango's Song" ♪ Abby: Aw!

Ha ha ha!

Elmo: Oh, and, Abby, does Abby know how to get past the grumpy flowers?

Abby: The flowers are grumpy because they woke up from their naps, so to get past them, you got to put them to sleep with a special song, "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"!

Ha ha!

Good thing the Sugar Plum Fairy's a friend of mine.

She taught me just how it goes.

Elmo: Oh.

Will Abby sing her song and put the flowers back to sleep?

Abby: Oh, sure, but I'm gonna need you two to help me do it.

Here.

It goes like this.

♪ ♪ When you hear Abby's song ♪ ♪ You've been up for too long ♪ ♪ Time to sleep instead ♪ [Flowers yawn] ♪ In your flowerbeds ♪ [Flowers snore] ♪ Rest your flower heads ♪ [Flowers yawning] ♪ Take a breath slow and deep ♪ ♪ Fold your leaves, soon you'll sleep ♪ ♪ Petals softly sway ♪ ♪ Dreams are on the way ♪ ♪ Listen to me say ♪ [Flower yawns] [Flowers snoring] ♪ ♪ It's my favorite sleepy melody ♪ ♪ Quietly, dreamily, softly soothing me ♪ Sing with me, or I might fall asleep, too.

All: ♪ Every nap that you take ♪ ♪ Makes you fresh when you wake ♪ Abby: ♪ You'll be glad and bright ♪ Elmo and Tango: ♪ It's my favorite sleepy melody ♪ Abby: ♪ But for now, good night ♪ Elmo and Tango: ♪ Quietly, dreamily ♪ Abby: ♪ Such a cozy song ♪ Tango: ♪ Softly soothing me ♪ Abby: Shh.

[Flowers snoring] ♪ Elmo: Yay!

Ooh!

[Quietly] Yay.

The flowers are all sleeping.

Tango: Wow!

Dancing together was so much fun.

Elmo: Aw.

Elmo really liked Tango's dancing.

Now come on.

We've got to get Tango's toy back from the mouse.

♪ Abby: [Quietly] Good luck!

Elmo and Tango: [Quietly] Bye!

Thanks, Abby!

♪ Mouse: ♪ Do do do do do do do do ♪ Ahh!

Whoa!

♪ Do do do do ♪ Welcome to the Land of Sweets, Squeak!

Ooh!

You hungry?

[Squeak] Me, too!

Mmm!

Yum, yum, yum, yum.

Here you go, friend.

Elmo: Oh!

♪ Oh!

Huh?

Ha ha!

Wow!

Tango: Wow!

Elmo, look at all these giant treats.

There's cookies and cakes!

Ohh!

There's even doggie treats!

Whoa!

Elmo: Look!

There goes the mouse with Tango's toy!

Come on!

Tango: Mmm!

Right behind you!

Mouse: ♪ Da da da da da da da da da da ♪ [Squeak] Elmo: This way!

Tango: After him!

Mouse: Whee!

Doing!

Whoo!

Ha ha ha!

Tango: Whoo-hoo!

Ha ha ha!

Elmo: Whee!

Tango: Hee hee!

Ha ha ha!

Whee!

Elmo: Whoa!

Ha ha ha!

Huh?

Mouse: Ooh!

You like to skate, Squeak?

Whee!

Ha ha!

♪ Da da da da da da da da ♪ Elmo: Whoa!

There he goes!

Whoa!

Tango: Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Elmo: Whoa!

Tango: Whoa!

Elmo: Ha ha ha!

Tango: Ha ha ha!

[Sniffing] Hey!

What's all this slippery stuff?

Elmo: Elmo thinks it's, um... mmm!

Vanilla icing, but the icing is too slippery to walk on.

Whoa!

Oh, how are we gonna get Tango's toy back now?

Cookie Monster: ♪ La da dee la dee dum ♪ Tango: Hey!

Over there!

Elmo: Look, Tango!

It's Cookie Monster!

Cookie Monster: Whoa ha!

Elmo: Oh, and he's skating on the slippery icing.

Oh, Cookie!

Yoo-hoo!

Cookie!

Cookie Monster: Wha?

Hup!

Yow!

Wha ha!

Ta-da!

Tango: Ha ha ha!

Hi, Cookie Monster!

Cookie Monster: Oh, hello, Elmo.

Hello, little Tango.

Me not know you could talk.

Boy, now me see everything.

Elmo: Cookie Monster, Elmo and Tango need to get across the slippery icing, so Elmo was wondering could you teach Elmo and Tango how to skate?

Cookie Monster: Ooh!

You mean like this?

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Tango: Ooh!

Yeah!

And could you teach us how to jump, too?

Ooh!

And twirl!

Cookie Monster: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sure.

Me show you!

♪ You want to learn to skate ♪ ♪ So Cookie Monster will teach you ♪ Elmo: Whoa!

Tango: Whoa!

Ha ha!

Cookie Monster: Start slow, then a little faster.

You can do it!

Elmo: Ha ha hee hee!

Cookie Monster: ♪ Icing is very soft ♪ ♪ Go ahead and fall if you need to ♪ Tango: I'll help you up.

Elmo: Thank you!

Cookie Monster: One small tip.

Me like to have a little taste of icing each time me fall down because... ♪ Soon you will be gliding ♪ ♪ Dancing on the icing ♪ ♪ Such delicious training ♪ ♪ In me tasty skating class ♪ ♪ Me know everybody ♪ Elmo: Whoa!

Cookie Monster: ♪ Starts a little wobbly ♪ ♪ Soon you will be racing ♪ ♪ In me tasty skating class ♪ Elmo: ♪ Look at Tango ♪ ♪ Look at Elmo ♪ ♪ Leaping over this marshmallow ♪ ♪ Weaving through these candy flowers ♪ ♪ Skating faster, faster, leaping, spinning ♪ Tango:Oops.

Elmo:That's OK, Tango.

Let's keep practicing.

Cookie Monster: While me have little taste of icing.

Mmm!

Here we go!

All: ♪ See how we are gliding ♪ ♪ Dancing on the icing ♪ ♪ Such delicious training ♪ ♪ Cookie's tasty skating class ♪ Elmo and Tango: ♪ Practicing together ♪ ♪ Now we're skating better ♪ All: ♪ See how we are racing ♪ ♪ To the other side at last ♪ Elmo and Tango: ♪ Thanks, Cookie Monster ♪ ♪ We made it at last ♪ Elmo: Yay!

Thank you, Cookie Monster.

Tango: Thanks, Cookie Monster!

Elmo: Elmo and Tango made it past all the slippery icing!

Tango: Wow!

We were skating so fast, and then we both jumped up like wsshhh!

Elmo: Ho ho ho!

Aw.

Elmo had fun with you, too, Tango.

Now come on.

We've got to get Tango's doggie toy back!

Tango: Oh, yeah.

My toy!

Elmo: Bye-bye, Cookie Monster!

Tango: See you later!

Cookie Monster: Bye-bye, Elmo.

Bye, little Tango.

♪ Mouse: ♪ Do do do do do ♪ Look, Squeak.

The Land of Toys!

♪ [Squeak] Oh!

Want to take a little break?

There you go, little friend.

Ahh.

[Music playing] Hmm.

Hey, Squeak.

What do you think's playing that music?

Oh, it's just a big Jack-in-the-box.

Ohh!

A Jack-in-the-box?!

[Sproing] Squeak!

♪ Elmo: Whoa!

Tango: Look!

My toy!

How'd it get up there?

Elmo: Don't worry, Tango.

Elmo will get it.

♪ [Grunting] Yaah!

Ohh!

Elmo can't reach.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Ohh.

Elmo tried, but the tree is too big.

Tango's toy is gonna be stuck up there forever.

Elmo wanted Tango's first Christmas to be the best Christmas ever, but without Tango's toy, Elmo thinks it's all ruined.

Tango: Huh.

But, Elmo, I did have the best Christmas ever.

Elmo: You did?

Tango: Yeah!

Think about how much fun we had.

We sang songs and did a magic fairy dance.

Ooh!

And we learned how to skate on vanilla icing.

Elmo: Oh, yeah!

That was pretty fun.

Tango: And best of all, we did everything together.

Elmo: Oh!

Tango is right.

Spending time with friends is the best gift ever!

Tango: ♪ Maybe the best Christmas ever ♪ ♪ Is one that friends spend together ♪ Elmo: You know what, Tango?

Elmo thinks you're right!

♪ So glad that we can have our first Christmas together ♪ Both: ♪ Come see how it can be ♪ ♪ The best Christmas ♪ Tango: ♪ For you and me ♪ Elmo: Aw, Tango.

Tango: Aw.

Elmo: Elmo loves you.

Tango: Huh?

Hey.

What's that?

Elmo: Hmm.

Oh.

♪ Wow!

It's a toy rocket ship!

Tango: Cool!

Elmo: Hey.

Wait a minute.

Elmo wonders, what if we use the rocket ship to fly up to Tango's toy.

Tango: You mean, we get to ride in a rocket ship?

Elmo: Yeah!

Oh!

Elmo and Tango just need to wind it up first.

Ready, Tango?

Tango: Ready.

[Both grunting] ♪ Elmo: Now hop in!

♪ Tango: Ooh, ooh!

Do we get to count down to blastoff?

Elmo: Let's do it!

Both: 3, 2, 1!

Blastoff!

Tango: Whoo-hoo!

Elmo: Whee!

Whoo-hoo!

Tango: Whee!

Mouse: Whoa!

♪ Tango: My toy!

Elmo: Elmo's got it!

♪ [Squeak] Hooray!

Tango: Yeah!

♪ Yeah!

Elmo: Whoo-hoo!

Ha ha ha!

♪ Tango: My toy!

[Squeak] [Squeak squeak squeak] Elmo: Aw.

Elmo's so happy that Tango has her toy back.

Mouse: Hey!

Wait a minute!

Ohh!

Let go of Squeak.

Elmo: Squeak?

Oh.

You mean Tango's doggie toy?

Mouse: Doggie toy?

Wait.

Squeak, you're a toy?

Tango: Heh.

Well, yeah.

See?

[Squeak] I got it for Christmas.

Mouse: Oh.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to take your toy.

I thought Squeak was a friend.

Elmo: Oh.

A friend?

Mouse: Yeah.

See, I didn't have anyone to spend Christmas with, so when I saw your toy, I thought maybe I'd finally found a new friend.

[Sighs] Sorry again for taking Squeak.

I mean, your toy.

Tango: I wish we could help.

You thinking what I'm thinking, Elmo?

Elmo: Elmo thinks so!

Mouse!

Tango: Wait!

Elmo: Hold on!

Maybe Elmo and Tango could be your friends.

Then we can all celebrate Christmas together.

Tango: Yeah.

More friends means more fun.

Mouse: I'd love to be your friend!

Elmo: Yeah!

Tango: Yay!

Elmo: Come on, Mouse!

Ha ha hee hee!

♪ ♪ Tango and Elmo and our friends ♪ ♪ ♪ Loved all the time we got to spend ♪ ♪ ♪ In all the lands we traveled through ♪ ♪ Music and laughter ♪ Tango: ♪ Rockets, too ♪ Elmo: ♪ As long as we're all together ♪ ♪ We'll have the best Christmas ever ♪ Come on, mouse!

Let's go!

Ha ha ha!

♪ Elmo is gonna show you ♪ ♪ The best Christmas ever ♪ ♪ Happy is how we'll be ♪ ♪ With all our friends and family ♪ ♪ Cookie Monster: ♪ Me got to help you learn to skate ♪ ♪ Being with you make Christmas great ♪ Abby: ♪ I got to share my song with you ♪ ♪ ♪ That was a Christmas dream come true ♪ All: ♪ As long as we're all together ♪ ♪ We'll have the best Christmas ever ♪ Elmo: ♪ New friendships, too ♪ Mouse: ♪ Thank you ♪ All: ♪ Laugh, sing because we're all having ♪ ♪ The best Christmas ever ♪ ♪ Happy is how we'll be ♪ ♪ With all our friends and family ♪ Elmo: ♪ And we will always be furry friends forever ♪ All: ♪ Happy is how we'll be ♪ ♪ With all our friends ♪ ♪ And family ♪ Elmo: Oh!

Merry Christmas, Tango.

♪ [Humming] ♪ The best Christmas ever ♪ [Yawn] Huh?

Wait a minute.

Elmo's bed, Elmo's window.

Elmo's back in his room!

[Tango yawns] Arf!

Elmo: Oh, Tango, Tango!

Oh!

Elmo just had the best dream!

Tango: Arf.

Elmo: Elmo was there, oh, and Tango was there, and you could talk!

Tango: Roo?

Elmo: Yeah.

Oh, and then a mouse took your toy.

Tango: Arf arf.

Ruff.

Elmo: Ha ha hee!

Oh, it's OK, girl.

Oh!

The mouse just wanted a friend because being together with friends makes the best Christmas ever!

Ha ha ha!

Tango: Arf arf!

Elmo: Aw.

Louie: Elmo, breakfast!

Elmo: Oh!

Coming, Daddy!

Come on, girl!

Tango: Arf arf arr arr ruff!

[Squeak] Arf.

Mouse: Ha ha ha!

Tango: Arr?

♪ Mouse: Ha ha!

Whee!

Merry Christmas!

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