Christmas Eve Norway "Julenissen" and Sweden "Jultomten", personally meets children and gives presents in the evening of Christmas Eve. In Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Quebec, Romania, Uruguay, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, Christmas presents are opened mostly on the evening of the 24th – following German tradition, this is also the practice among the British Royal Family since it was introduced by Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort – while in Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, English
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street was released on VHS in 1987 and 1995, and on DVD in 2002 and 2008. The "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" album features several of the songs from the television special, along with narration. It was nominated for a Grammy Award, but lost to "In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record". Christmas Eve on Sesame Street Christmas Eve on Sesame Street is a "Sesame Street" Christmas special first broadcast on PBS on Sunday, December 3, 1978. The opening features the inhabitants of Sesame Street enjoying an ice skating party. Big Bird has trouble skating, but a child gives him a hand,