Merry Christmas from Sesame Street

Given the steady stream of Sesame Street albums released throughout the 1970s, perhaps little surprise the Children’s Television Workshop team made a holiday effort in 1975, blending the same spirit of warmth, gentle learning and inspired silliness from the show in a Christmas context. David Axelrod’s various songwriting contributions include a perfect number for Oscar the Grouch, the entertainingly Scroogelike vent of “I Hate Christmas,” while a one-two of Spanish language songs, “Saludo” and “Arrurru,” underscore the show’s lovely wider goals.