The Christmas Toy

The Christmas Toy
"The Christmas Toy" VHS cover
Directed by	Eric Till
Produced by	Jim Henson
Written by	Laura Phillips
Starring	Dave Goelz Steve Whitmire Kathryn Mullen Jerry Nelson Richard Hunt Camille Bonora
Music by	Jeff Moss
Editing by	Geoff Craigen
Distributed by	Henson Associates Sony Pictures
Release date(s)	December 6, 1986
Running time	50 minutes
Language	English

The Christmas Toy is a 1986 made-for-TV movie by The Jim Henson Company. It originally aired on ABC on December 6, 1986, and was originally sponsored by Kraft Foods.

Originally introduced by Kermit The Frog, it was last released on VHS format in 1998. In 2008, HIT Entertainment (distributed by Lionsgate) released the special on DVD, but edited out Kermit's appearance due to legal issues.

The film later led to a series: Secret Life of Toys.

Plot

When no people are around, the toys still play in the playroom. But since a toy will be frozen forever if a person catches it out of position, they have to be very careful. It's Christmas Eve, and Rugby the Tiger remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be unwrapped again. And it's up to Apple the Doll, whom Rugby supplanted as favorite toy, to tell him what's in store. But Rugby won't believe her, and tries to get into the Christmas package and lets Meteora, Queen of the Asteroids loose. Unfortunately, she doesn't know she's a toy, and thinks she's landed among aliens. And it's up to Apple, Mew (the Cat's toy mouse), and the other toys to get Rugby out of the box and Meteora back in it before they're found and frozen forever!

Featured cast

External links

• The Christmas Toy on Muppet Wiki, an external wiki
• The Christmas Toy at the Internet Movie Database