A Sesame Street Christmas Carol A Sesame Street Christmas Carol is a direct - to - video " Sesame Street " special , released to home video in 2006 . Oscar the Grouch stars in the Ebenezer Scrooge role for a " Sesame Street " version of the classic novel by Charles Dickens . " A Christmas Carol " was previously adapted by the Muppets in the 1992 film " The Muppet Christmas Carol " , and has been spoofed in " Muppet Magazine " , a " Sesame Street " calendar , and the 1978 TV special , " A Special Sesame Street Christmas " , as well as other books and albums . The three ghosts in the special are computer animated by Magnetic Dreams . The special received its broadcast premiere on Sprout On Demand from November 17th through the 23rd . Plot Summary . As released on DVD , the story is divided into five chapters . Ghost - o - Gram . The story opens on a quiet , snow - covered Christmas Eve with a voice - over narration about Sesame Street and what a wonderful place it is at Christmas time . As the narrator talks , clips from past " Sesame Street " Christmas specials are shown ( the opening from " " , and a scene from " Elmo Saves Christmas " ) . A Muppet named Joe Marley of " Scaredy - Pants Delivery Service " comes down the street to deliver a " ghost - o - gram " to Oscar . Rhubarb the Grouch . The ghost - o - gram consists of an old , empty can of baked beans and a card on which is written a rhyme that Oscar must read aloud to summon Rhubarb , the Grouch ghost of Christmas Past . Rhubarb shows Oscar some old home movies of Christmases past . The first is The Gift of the Magi starring Bert and Ernie ( showing the pair ' s subplot from " Christmas Eve on Sesame Street " ) . The next home movie features Big Bird from " Elmo Saves Christmas " singing " All I Want for Christmas Is You . " Christmas Carole . Oscar soon finds himself visited by Christmas Carole , the perky Ghost of Christmas Present whose body and attire are shaped like a Christmas tree . Carole shows Oscar the glory of Christmas in the now and that Christmas is more than just decorations and Christmas trees . She shows four clips representing the present , including Elmo and Santa Claus from " Elmo ' s World : Happy Holidays " ; Elmo and Lightning singing " Everyday Can ' t Be Christmas " from " Elmo Saves Christmas " ; Elmo talking with kids about how they celebrate Chanukah and Kwanza from " Elmo ' s World : Happy Holidays " ; and " Keep Christmas with You " from " Elmo Saves Christmas " . i - Sam . The final ghost to arrive is the ghost of Christmas Future in the form of a futuristic robot named Sam . He shows an animated short about what Christmas will be like in the future — including houses that decorate themselves and Christmas dinners consumed in the form of " delicious , chewable space capsules " while floating in zero gravity . Christmas Morning . The story ends on Christmas morning , when a Muppet who looks just like Joe Marley awakens Oscar to give him a sticky ball of used wrapping paper as a Christmas present . When Oscar recognized the visitor as " Joe the Scaredy - Pants guy , " the visitor responds " No , I ' m little Joey Dickens , you know , from Brooklyn . " In the end , Oscar finds several things to enjoy about Christmas Day , including sticky balls of used wrapping paper , waiting for the " rotten snow " to turn the " mushy and gray , " and " best of all , tomorrow is the " day after Christmas " , and this will " all " be over . "