The bears in this special resemble the bears with whom Fozzie attempted to hibernate in 'The Muppets Take Manhattan.'
The special originally aired on CBS. It was never released on home video, and only released on DVD in Portugal.
Released the same year as 'Home For the Holidays,' another holiday-themed film starring Robert Downey, Jr.
The first and (as of this writing) only time Robert Downey, Jr. has appeared with the Muppets. Leslie Nielsen appeared among many other celebrities in the music video for Kermit and Piggy's version of "She Drives Me Crazy." Stockard Channing appeared in several early 'Sesame Street' episodes and, many years later, appeared with the 'Sesame Street' Muppets in an episode of her hit series 'The West Wing.'