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The Nutcracker, starring Elmo and Tango.

Ah, the holidays.

Reeds and lights and people being merry.

Yuck! Wake me up when it's over.

All right.

Okay,

we have the cookies and we have...

Me gonna call it KOKI DAY!

Here is one present for Abby, one present for Big Bird, and one present

Grover. Thank you. Does she count?

And here is one present for you, Elmo.

for Cookie Monster.

A cookie?

How you know?

Now, I only have one present left.

Let me see.

Ah, where is little Tango?

Hello there, Tango.

I heard that it is your first Christmas.

So, I got you a very special present.

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

Oh, sure.

Well, let's see. How about The Nutcracker?

Oh, yeah.

Like Tango's toy.

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.

What? A mouse?

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 thinks that was a really good story, Daddy.

Merry Christmas, son.

Thank you.

That seems nice.

Pardon me.

Hi there. What's your name?

Ah, nice to meet you, Squeak. Say, do you want to be my friend?

You do?

Me not know you could talk.

Boy, now me see everything.

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?

Oh, you mean like this?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Ooh, yeah.

And could you teach us how to jump, too?

Ooh, and twirl.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure, me show you.

You want to learn to skate?

So Cookie Monster will teach you.

Start slow, then a little faster.

You can do it.

Icing is very soft.

Go ahead and fall if you need to.

I'll help you up. Thank you.

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 icy.

Such delicious training.

In the tasty skating class.

Me know everybody.

Start a little wobbly.

Soon you will be racing.

Me too.

Just a big Jack in the Box.

A Jack in the Box?

I didn't have anyone to spend Christmas with. So when I saw your toy, I thought,

maybe I finally found a new friend.

Sorry again for taking a squeak. I mean, your toy.

I wish we could help.

You thinking what I'm thinking, Elmo?

I lo -

learn to skate.

Being of you make Christmas great.