Elmo's Christmas Carol

**Plot**

The film opens with some children talking to Donna Deer. They ask her to tell them a story. She begins to tell them about how Adelbert, a pig, saved Christmas with a little guidance from Elmo Aardvark, Kradvar Mole, and Laffy Giraffe.

The movie begins inside a building wher Elmo, Giselle Gazelle, Laffy, Taffy Oryx, Kradvar, and their friends decorating for a Christmas party. Everyone is enjoying themselves as Elmo, Laffy, Kradvar, and Mercury tend to the young children. Elmo checks on Giselle and the money collection for Gilly's, a goat boy with a bad limp in his leg, medicine for his phenomena. Unfortunately, Adelbert, Parker, and Lou arrive and start collecting debts from everyone. After Elmo refused to pay Adelbert back, as his debt payment is not due yet, he blows a mysterious hypnotic whistle that hypnotizes them all and causes them to give Adelbert, Parker, and Lou all of their money. Before leaving, Adelbert, Parker, and Lou make off with all the food, presents, and money which includes that for Gilly's operation and head off cackling.

After Elmo, Kradvar, and Laffy fail several times to get the stolen goods from Adelbert, it is revealed that he is working for Gwyndelon, an evil witch, who plots to use a massive version of the hypnotic whistle to hypnotize every child in San Francisco into stealing the parents' Christmas presents, causing them to be punished and run away from their parents, much in the same way Adelbert used to be when he was a child. Elmo plots a "Dickens" of a plan and asks Donna Deer for some aid, resulting in them being transformed into characters from *A Christmas Carol*. Kradvar becomes the Ghost of Christmas Past, Giselle becomes the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Elmo becomes the Ghost of Christmas Future (as a reference of *Jareth the Goblin King from the Jim Henson film, Labyrinth*). They visit Adelbert and make him feel guilty about stealing everything, especially the operation money; Giselle tells him that without it Gilly will be dead, which will cause another — his own, as Elmo shows him that because of his actions, he will cause his own death, and he will be condemned to Hell for eternity.

Adelbert, having seen himself in Gilly, must stop the whistle just in time to prevent the children from stealing the gifts. Gwyndelon flies into a frenzied rage and is about to kill him, Lou, and Parker, when he is frozen solid by a massive amount of snow caused by Donna Deer.

Meanwhile, with Elmo and the gang, it begins to snow. Everyone celebrates, but Laffy remarks that it's a shame that they didn't have any presents to give to the children. Just then, Adelbert, Lou, and Parker appear in a car with reindeer antlers and a red nose, and gives them everything back, and more. He even gives them Gilly's money box back, which is full to the top. He turns to leave, and Giselle asks him to stay and join the party. Adelbert respectfully declines the invitation, saying he's going to visit his father instead, but wishes everyone a merry Christmas.

Donna finishes the story by saying "Merry Christmas!" to the audience (whom the children wave at), and Elmo, Kradvar, and Laffy wish the same thing.

**Cast**

Tony Hale as Elmo Aardvark

Robert Conzano as Adelbert

Walt Disney as Child Adelbert (archive Recording)

Pinvo Calerg as Adelbert's Father (Archive Recording)

as Giselle Gazelle

As Kradvar Mole

As Laffy Giraffe

As Donna Deer

As Mercury

As Taffy Oryx

As Gilly

As Ivy

As Gilly and Ivy's father

As Gilly and Ivy's Mother