Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a series of annual Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concerts held in the LDS Conference Center auditorium in Salt Lake City during the month of December . The 2014 concerts , held December 11 - 14 , featured guest appearances by the " Sesame Street " Muppets , namely Big Bird ( Matt Vogel ) , Cookie Monster ( David Rudman ) , Count von Count ( Vogel ) , Elmo ( Ryan Dillon ) , Grover ( Eric Jacobson ) , Abby Cadabby ( Leslie Carrara - Rudolph ) , Rosita ( Carmen Osbahr ) , Bert ( Jacobson ) and Ernie ( William Barkhurst ) , along with Santino Fontana ( the voice of Hans in Disney ' s " Frozen " ) . The concert was broadcast as a television special , trimmed down to an hour , on PBS on December 21 , 24 and 25 , 2015 . Typically , the concert consists of four shows : a Thursday dress rehearsal , Friday and Saturday shows and a Sunday abbreviated concert after the morning Music and the Spoken Word program . As is typical , a live album and a home video were released , along with the concert being aired on PBS , during the latter part of the following year . Concert . The Muppets first appear during the choir ' s " Merry , Merry Christmas ! " Big Bird walks out onstage singing along , unaware the show has already begun . The rest of the characters emerge from various sections of the stage and are amazed by the surroundings , instantly wanting to take part in the proceedings . Grover assumes role as director , with assistance from Cookie Monster , who desperately wants some cookies . Abby and Rosita decide to join the choir , Ernie and Bert work backstage and Elmo goes out to find out what else there is to the Christmas season . Big Bird still isn ' t sure what role he wants and they characters exit as the choir resumes their song . Throughout the concert , the Muppets appear in pre - taped pieces shown in - between performances , showing Grover and Cookie ' s control room chaos , backstage preparation and Elmo ' s live reports from outside the concert hall . Big Bird is allowed to conduct a piece - a version of the " Sesame Street Theme . " Afterwards , Elmo reports live from the stage , where Santino Fontana introduces him to the performers with " The People in Your Neighborhood . " Fontana then finds his way to the piano for a special surprise from Ernie : he , Bert and Santino will perform a special song for everyone . Bert is nervous , but their song , " Sing , " gives him the courage to perform , as they ' re joined by Big Bird , Elmo , Abby , Rosita and the kids . The Count joins organist Richard Elliot for his special arrangement of " The Twelve Days of Christmas . " Then , Abby and Rosita find themselves among the choir and help sing " Keep Christmas with You ( All Through the Year ) . " Cookie Monster has had no luck finding cookies , but Santino , Elmo , Abby and Big Bird convince him there ' s more to Christmas than cookies by singing " Everyone Who Likes Christmas Say , " I Do ! " " Cookie Monster sees their point and when he ' s finally presented with some cookies , he decides to share them with all his friends . The Muppets return at the show ' s end to perform " We Wish You a Merry Christmas . "