I had forgotten how many parallels there were between this movie and the Toy Story trilogy. But, after going to see Toy Story 3 in the theater, I was telling my companion I thought was the best movie of the three. As reasons I cited both the torture scene and the scene where all the main characters are literally facing death in the form of a hellish inferno, and I brought up this Christmas special (along with my usual “Jim Henson understood that children can handle death and sadness in stories and need to have it present in stories to help them understand that everyone children-and-adults-alike-struggle-with-the-same-fears-and-heartbreaks-when loved-ones-die-or-get-sick-or-blah blah blah”) as the last example I could recall of a kids’ movie putting such adorable characters in a situation where they confront their own mortality.

I was about to conclude with my rant about how kids need to have death and sadness in their stories, but then I remembered that I typed it as a parenthetical aside not one minute ago.

So I’ll just say thanks for proving to me that this amazing film actually existed. I’m gonna buy it through your link.

Thanks again Chris, makes these long nights of studying for finals easier