We Muppet fans appreciate all of the Muppet specials that are available to stream on Disney+, including A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008), and Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021). However, there are a number of Muppet specials owned by Disney that are not on Disney+. And one of those is the classic Christmas special from 1987, A Muppet Family Christmas! The reason this specific special out of all of them should be on Disney's streaming service is because it has an amazing plot of the Muppets going to Fozzie's mom's farmhouse for Christmas, with Miss Piggy trying to make it there through a crazy storm. Even better, it is a special where the Muppets make a crossover between the Sesame Street Muppets and the Fraggle Rock Muppets. It's time to start acting this December to tell Disney that we want A Muppet Family Christmas on Disney+! It's never been available to stream anywhere before, but it has been released on VHS in 1995 and in 1998, and on DVD in 2001. Also, before The Muppet Show got released on Disney+ in 2021, it was never available to stream anywhere either, but now it is on their streaming service! Good luck, fellow changers. I hope this works!

A lot of controversy has been going around about A Muppet Family Christmas most likely never getting released on Disney+, because the Sesame Street Muppets are owned by Sesame Workshop and the Fraggle Rock Muppets are owned by Henson. But just so you guys know, getting those legal rights shouldn't be a big problem. After all, some of the Sesame Street Muppets have made cameos in The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, and The Great Muppet Caper, and those are all on Disney's popular streaming service. Also, the Fraggle Rock Muppets have cameos in The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island, and those are on Disney+ as well. So Disney can get the rights to A Muppet Family Christmas to be on their streaming platform.

If this petition does succeed, and A Muppet Family Christmas finally does get to be on Disney+, they should really make a new English (Audio Description) language track, so blind people can watch the 1987 special, too.

In case you've never seen A Muppet Family Christmas before, here's the plot:

Fozzie, Kermit, and most of the Muppet Show gang (with the pointed exception of Miss Piggy) drive through a blizzard in a pickup truck, singing "We Need a Little Christmas." They have decided to spend Christmas at the old farm where Fozzie Bear's mother, Emily Bear, lives. And since his mother loves surprises, they have not called to tell her they are coming. Unbeknownst to them, Mrs. Bear is planning to spend Christmas in Malibu, and to make sure her farmhouse stays in one piece while she's gone, she has rented it to Doc and his dog Sprocket. Doc is looking forward to having "a nice, quiet Christmas" in the countryside.

Immediately following Doc and Sprocket's arrival, though, the Muppets themselves show up, all the while slipping on an icy patch at the door (which is a running gag), and Emily is pleasantly surprised with the appearance of her cub and "his weirdo friends," despite the fact that she now has to cancel her trip to Malibu, and willingly allows them to stay. Doc, on the other hand, is taken aback that he now has so many funny-looking unexpected visitors and asks Sprocket if they're "anything like these Fraggles you keep telling me about." Then the telephone rings, and Animal answers. It's Miss Piggy, who informs Kermit that her arrival will be delayed (due to a photo session).

The Swedish Chef shows up at the farmhouse, telling Fozzie he's here to cook the Christmas turkey. Gonzogreets the arriving (and still living) turkey, who was apparently convinced by the Swedish Chef to come for a nice vacation. Gonzo tries to warn the fowl of the culinary danger, but the latter stubbornly remains self-assured. Kermit and nephew Robin then begin the special's second song sequence. Their pleasant singing of "Jingle Bells" is quickly interrupted by the Electric Mayhem performing "Jingle Bell Rock."

Later, Fozzie is outside building a snowman while some woodland critters chop down a Christmas tree, when Rowlf shows up (and slips on the icy patch). He engages in a friendly conversation with Sprocket and sits down to Emily's out-of-tune piano and starts playing "Sleigh Ride." Fozzie starts singing along, during which the Snowman comes to life and starts up a comedy act with the bear. When they get a positive reaction from the animals watching their act, Fozzie runs inside to try to tell Kermit about his new act with the Snowman, slipping on the icy patch on the way in, but Kermit is called away by another Miss Piggy telephone message. This time, she's doing some last-minute Christmas shopping. Elsewhere in the house, the Swedish Chef has been tricked by the Christmas Turkey into believing that Sprocket is an even bigger turkey. Doc corrects the Chef's species confusion, and then the Turkey begins hitting on Camilla.

Scooter stumbles upon an old home movie of the first Christmas the Muppets ever spent together, so the Muppets sit down to watch it. The old footage shows the Muppet Babies singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," while the fully-grown characters give commentary. At the end, when the baby Animal rips through a gift box in the film, the fully-grown Animal tears through the screen.

Gonzo catches sight of the Christmas Turkey flirting with Camilla and picks a fight with him. But then Kermit points to the arrival of the Sesame StreetMuppets, who sing a medley of "Here We Come A-Caroling" and "Deck the Halls" (with the exception of Oscar the Grouch, who naturally refuses to sing along). They all come inside, slipping on the icy patch as they do so. During this, the Swedish Chef manages to nab the Turkey, who tries to get out of being cooked by claiming he's a different animal altogether, but the Chef isn't fooled and proceeds with the fitting. The Turkey manages to save himself by pointing out Big Bird, to the astonished Chef's delight. A TV weather report from the Newsman announces an impending blizzard, causing Kermit to worry about Piggy.

Later, Fozzie and his mom work out the sleeping arrangements for all the guests, and Oscar lets Rizzo the Rat spend the night in his trash can. Then Janicebrings out some Christmas cookies she just baked, only for Cookie Monster to gobble them all down. The Sesame Street gang then perform their Christmas pageant, The Night Before Christmas, with Ernie as narrator, a disgruntled Bert as Mama, and Grover as the mouse who isn't stirring. The curtain behind opens to show the sleigh being pulled by the reindeer, all played by monsters (including Herry Monster and Elmo), with the Two-Headed Monster as St. Nick (to which Sam asks, "Is nothing sacred?").

Miss Piggy calls Kermit one more time to tell him that her limo is stuck in the snowbank and that she's going to take a taxi to the farmhouse. Then, while Piggy gets caught in the wind, Fozzie tries to cheer a fretful Kermit by saying it's not that cold, when the Snowman comes inside to warm up. Fozzie brings the Snowman in for the rest of the gang to see, but he's dismayed to see Statler and Waldorf (old friends of Mrs. Bear who visit every Christmas). Fozzie and the Snowman gamely attempt their routine, but Statler and Waldorf's heckling interrupts, until finally the Snowman, who's starting to melt, heads back outside.

The Swedish Chef calls Big Bird into the kitchen and starts to salt him. Big Bird, completely unaware of the Chef's culinary intentions, gives him a handful of homemade chocolate-covered birdseed. The Chef is touched by this gift and more so when Big Bird begins singing "The Christmas Song" (the Chef joining him). The tearful gourmet instead opts to serve shredded wheat and cranberry sauce, which happens to be Big Bird's favorite. Meanwhile, Doc, having observed Kermit's fears for Miss Piggy, offers to find her and help her get to the farmhouse; true, he's never met her, but he didn't know the Muppets until this day and now considers them to be newfound friends.

After Doc leaves, Kermit heads down to the cellar to find that his nephew, Robin, has found a hole leading to Fraggle Rock. In the cave, the frogs soon stumble upon the Fraggles and wish them a merry Christmas, and also explain the holiday to them because the Fraggles don't really know what it is. What the Fraggles do have, though, is a time when they give each other pebbles and pass them on to other Fraggles. They explain their ritual in a number called "Pass It On." Before the frogs head back upstairs, Boober gives Robin the pebble, in a show of friendship.

Kermit and Robin return just in time to witness Miss Piggy's arrival on a dogsled (driven by Doc, wearing a Mountie-style uniform). Piggy sings "Home for the Holidays" as Kermit brings her in and the others join in. Her impressive entrance is undercut by the obligatory slip on the icy patch.

With the entire Muppet family now present, they sing a medley of Christmas songs, and everybody (except Oscar, of course) gets a chance to sing at least one line, including the Snowman and the forest critters outside. During the medley, the Fraggles come up to watch. Once they finish singing, Fozzie's mom puts his stocking up on the mantle; Fozzie tells her that he's a grown bear and doesn't need to have his stocking hung anymore but lets her keep it up anyway. Kermit then presents Miss Piggy with his gift for her - a mink, not a coat but Piggy's biggest fan. Robin gives the Fraggle pebble to Grover. Then Doc, as Santa Claus, gives out presents, and all the Muppets sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," during which Jim Henson himself appears, watching from the kitchen. Kermit returns Miss Piggy's affection under the mistletoe before saying "Merry Christmas" to the viewers.