Desc: A Special Sesame Street Christmas: Directed by Russ Petranto. With Leslie Uggams, Ethel Merman, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca. Leslie Uggams is celebrating Christmas on Sesame Street. But since Oscar the Grouch is being a right old Scrooge, she decides to teach him a lesson by imploring Anne Murray, Imogene Coca and Dickie Smothers to pose as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.