Sesame Street - Elmo's World - Happy Holidays

Starring:Sesame Street
Studio: Sony Wonder (Video)
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Happy Holidays is biased and uneven in its coverage
The Best Elmo's World!
Elmo...always a favorite.
Nice, but long and detailed for kids
Much Better Than Elmo Saves Christmas!

Sesame Street - Elmo's World - Happy Holidays
Starring: Kevin Clash , Charles Edward Hall , Julio Leitao , and Kelly Ripa
Director: Ken Diego
Manufacturer: Sesame Street
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Elmo Saves Christmas
Sesame Street - Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Elmo's World - Wake up with Elmo!
Elmo's World - Wild Wild West
Elmo's World - Singing, Drawing & More

ASIN: B00006HAWF
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Customer Reviews:

Happy Holidays is biased and uneven in its coverage.......2007-06-13

Although I generally love Elmo's World DVDs, I found the bias in this one troubling. Why is Kelly Ripa telling people about Kwanzaa? Shouldn't a black host be informing kids about this holiday? Kelly says she has never been to Africa. Well that's helpful. And then we get Kelly's take on Hanukkah, which also seems off. Really, she shouldn't be talking about either holiday.

Don't be fooled, this one's about Christianity and Christmas. This may seem extreme, but I really feel the subtext of this video is "if you aren't Christian, you are second class and you get a second class holiday." I expect more from these Sesame St videos, because so many supposedly intelligent people are supposed to be involved in making and approving them.

The Best Elmo's World!.......2007-05-01

Elmo's World Happy Holidays is a great DVD. It is educational as well as entertaining. Elmo learns about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza. This DVD mesmorizes my 20 month old daughter. She has been watching it for months. It is guaranteed to stop her tantrum and give me 50 minutes to clean the house, do laundry, etc.

Elmo...always a favorite........2007-02-13

We bought this at Christmas time. My son always loves Elmo, so this was just a cute holiday movie.

Nice, but long and detailed for kids.......2007-01-05

This is a good DVD and has lots of info about all the holidays in winter: Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. I bought this for my two year old and it's a little involved for him. The running time is an hour, but the video is pretty dry at parts. It is a good education movie about holidays, but older kids may benefit more from it. A good purchase, but one to be watched with your child.

Much Better Than Elmo Saves Christmas!.......2006-11-21

"Greetings of "Happy Holidays!" can be heard at all times of year throughout the world. Every holiday is a unique cultural tradition with specific origins, meanings, and ritual observances. The holidays that your family celebrates may be different from those of your neighbors and friends, or you may even observe the same holiday differently. To help celebrate some of the diverse cultural traditions that bring joy to the world, Sesame Workshop created the video Elmo's World: Happy Holidays." - From Sesame Street Workshop

My son has both Elmo Saves Christmas and Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! and the latter DVD is MUCH better. (Harvey Fierstein's role as the Easter Bunny in Elmo Saves Christmas is enough to ruin THAT one for me, let alone everything else...)

This culture-friendly DVD shows kids (and muppets!) celebrating Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Ramadan, and even mentions Three Kings Day. I like the fact that this DVD doesn't shy away from the nativity scene and the special birth of a "great teacher to many" like in other overly-PC DVDs. (For example, Blue's Clues Big Holiday has Wynona Judd merely saying "Christmas is a time we celebrate a very special birth"--as if the "J" word was as bad as the "F" word!)

Yet, it also shows other holiday traditions in a respectful, educational way. A child speaking about celebrating Ramadan says "Ramadan makes me feel happy, to respect my God and my elders". The Chanukah segment is a cartoon describing the miracle of the Lights--and Baby Bear and family spin the dreidel.

And Elmo doing a Kwanzaa dance? Crazy, bongo-hitting fun!

Kelly Ripa also makes appearances as the friendly mail carrier; she suits the role well.

This DVD is about an hour long and a *wonderful* holiday tale introducing children to a variety of holiday traditions. Too bad they don't show any Pagan Yule festivals, but I guess that may have been too hard for most to swallow, especially since most think Paganism=Satanism (which couldn't be further from the truth).

A well-written, clever DVD! Highly recommended for small children, especially.

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