ZOOM Christmas Countdown

Elmo's Christmas Countdown is an hour-long ZOOM special which aired on Sunday, December 23, 2002 on PBS at 7pm. The special was filmed in July 2007 with the working title of "ZOOM Christmas Spectacular."Tiffany Curl (archived)
The story is told by Stiller the Elf to Stan the Snowball, recounting the year Christmas almost didn't happen. Stiller recalls that Matt Runyon had been researched as the one who had more Christmas joy than anyone else. As such, he plans to give Matt the official Christmas-Counter-Downer, without which Christmas can't happen. When Matt throws it away, the windows on the device vanish, and it's up to Garrett DiBona to once again save Christmas.
==Highlights==
*Tara Strong sings "It's Almost Christmas" with Garrett
*Matt Runyon and Stiller the Elf sing a version of "I Hate Christmas"
*Ginnifer Goodwin sings "Carol of the Bells" with forest animals
*Claudio Jimenez reports on how Stiller ruined Christmas
*Fergie sings "I Want Kenny for Christmas" with Estuardo Alvizures and Kenny Yates
*Demi Moore and Lisa Kudrow star in the titular roles of The Kaleigh and Rachel Christmas Special with the help of Kaleigh Cronin, Rachel Redd, and Caroline Botelho. The sketch is a seasonal variation of Kaleigh and Rachel's famous "banana in my ear" routine.
*Tia Carrere sings "Do You Hear What I Hear?" with Garrett
*Mel Gibson sings "The Nutcracker Suite" with a dancing Nutcracker Garrett
*Ray Filmore sings "I Saw Three Ships" with the help of John Goodman performing an Extreme Makeover: Christmas Carol Edition
*Eddie Murphy sings "Jingle Bells" with Jessica Ogungbadero and some penguins
*Santa Claus (Tom Hanks) sings "You Gotta Just Believe" with the entire cast
==Notes==
*On the home video release, as Stan ties up Stiller, his dialogue referring to a CDN report is re-dubbed to remove the mention of the special's commercial break. Also, a scene was added in which Stiller steps in a puddle and thinks Stan melted, and Claudio's sign-off at the end of the special was cut.
== ZOOMers ==
* Estuardo Alvizures
* Kevin "Buzz" Barrette
* Aline Barta
* Alisa Besher
* Caroline Botelho
* Zoe Costello
* Kaleigh Cronin
* Dulcinea Cuprill
* Garrett DiBona
* Frances Dormond
* Elijah Ellis
* Ray Filmore
* Shelby Gary
* Claudio Jimenez
* Danny McKinnon
* Jessica Ogungbadero
* Rachel Redd
* Eric Rollins
* Adam Rose
* Matt Runyon
* Madeleine Steinberg
* Pablo Velez Jr.
* Jesse Vinet
* Kenny Yates
==Cast==
Starring
: Ben Stiller as the voice of Stiller the Elf
Stiller Puppeteered by: Matt Vogel
Also Appearing:
:The Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Tiffany Curl
Category:ZOOM Specials
Category:Christmas Productions
Category:ZOOM Video