Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas

Featuring a heart-warming story, the trademark Jim Henson wit, and beautiful songs, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas originally aired as an HBO special. The story is a spin on the classic “Gift of the Magi,” with the impoverished Emmet and his Ma each making a sacrifice in the hopes that it will help them win the yearly talent show, and enough money to buy the other a Christmas gift. Purists, take note: There have been multiple edits of Emmet Otter released over the years, with minor but noticible changes to dialogue, and the addition/removal of scenes featuring Kermit the Frog., In a charming Jim Henson tale, Emmet and his pals form a band and enter a talent show to win Christmas money, unaware that Emmet’s mom and a showy rock band are among the competitors. Emmet and his widowed ma have a lot riding on the event: they used each other’s most prized possession as a means of entering the contest. He poked a hole in her washtub; and she hocked his tool chest to buy material for a new dress to wear to the show. Based on the book by Russell and Lillian Hoban.