It's Christmas Eve on Sesame Street! It's Christmas Eve on Sesame ... AND GLEAMING ♪ ♪ IT'’’S A WONDROUS TIME OF YEAR ♪ GROVER: ♪ WHEN THE LIGHTS OF THE SEASON ♪ ♪ SHINE ON US ...

I was born in 1980 — barely. Arriving in mid-December, I showed up for the last two weeks of the year. Perhaps quite naturally, I developed an abiding affinity for the cultural trappings of ...