5 Reasons “A Muppet Family Christmas” is the Best Christmas Show Ever
No other special better captures tradition, love, and family
What’s your favorite Christmas movie ever? What about your favorite Christmas special? What if I told you that 1987’s “A Muppet Family Christmas” surpasses them all?
With all due respect to Rudolph and Frosty, I believe this special is completely overlooked and contains everything that makes the holidays great.
You may not know of it because of its limited air time — and many people missed it. If this special aired year after year, I believe it would have cemented itself as a yearly TV classic.
Let’s look back on what makes “A Muppet Family Christmas” so great.
The Plot of “A Muppet Family Christmas”
The whole Muppet gang is traveling to Fozzie’s mother’s farmhouse to surprise her for the holidays. Little do they know she is off to California to get away for Christmas.
She has rented out the farmhouse to our favorite Fraggle human: Doc. And his dog, Sprocket.
They surprise her and she ends up screwed out of her trip, as does Doc for his quiet Christmas. We find out that Miss Piggy will come up late to the Farmhouse, and we get a running joke about a turkey who has…
