When I was a little girl, I suppose around nine or ten years old, I watched Emmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas for the first time. This animated/puppet movie was a Jim Henson production and it ran over and over on HBO. Every single time it came on (when I was able to watch it, that is) I was glued to that big ol' console t.v. set. My whole family enjoyed this heart warming movie. The cutest line in the movie is "you got mashed potatoes?!" My Dad and I found the humor in that for some reason and we would recite THAT line each time and then bust up laughing...it was great. Emmet Otter was absolutely my favorite Christmas movie, hands down.
I believe it was on the Christmas that I was fourteen that my Dad presented me with a little rectangle shaped gift. I tore into it to find a copy of Emmet Otter! (Dad had one of his R.R. buddies copy it off t.v. so the video and audio wasn't the greatest) This girl was overjoyed!! I watched that movie until there absolutely wasn't anything left of it. The day it no longer would play, I threw it in the trash and it broke my heart. What a beautiful childhood memory...and it was gone, just like that.
Today, I was at Wal-Mart waiting for some film to be developed. There, mixed in amongst the Christmas movies was a whole stack of Emmet Otter. I had to take a double take as I have never seen this in stores until now (and believe me, I would've noticed) so with one quick swoop, it was immediately deposited in the cart! I am anxious to share this precious childhood memory with my sons...
...and fondly remember the gift my Daddy so lovingly gave me, so long ago.
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