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Posted on Dec 25, 2015

The 12 Best Moments from “A Berry Bear Christmas,” the Bear in the Big Blue House Christmas Special

We all have a special place in our hearts for holiday specials, whether they be stop-motion animated sagas about snowmen, or black and white classics starring Jimmy Stewart. But if you grew up in the 90s and were raised by television like I was, there’s nothing that gets the waterworks going quite like “Bear in the Big Blue House.” The crème de la crème of nostalgic holiday TV has to be “A Berry Bear Christmas” (1999). Revisit it 16 years later and feel All. The. Feelings.

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“All I Want For Christmas” is a rare moment where the gang travels OUTSIDE of the Big Blue House to the local shopping mall, this time to see Santa Hogg. The song is peppered with adorable performances, including Doc Hogg as Santa, Bear recording everyone old school Dad-style with a camcorder, Treelo’s incoherent solo, and a stream of unreasonable wishlists! A million clams, Pip and Pop? Really? I once had a collection of 300+ Beanie Babies and even to me, that seems excessive.

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Jack is special not only because he was a one-off character voiced by the great Dave Goelz (of Muppets/”Gonzo” fame), or because he had a casually punny way with words (“I guess you could say I’m kind of… between homes right now. My last one didn’t work out. Somethin’ about digging up rosebushes or some darn thing.”), but also because he gave us a way to see the truth of homelessness in the context of the holidays, through the innocent eyes of a child. It’s something no kids show had done before – nor has anyone done it since!

Which brings me to…

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Tutter is especially stricken with the gravity of Jack’s situation, worrying about what would happen if the Big Blue House didn’t exist. The screen fades to black and white and we see “Homeless Tutter” wandering around in search of a mousehole of his own. Of course Bear does what he’s great at and explains to Tutter that he’ll never have to worry about that because there will always be a Big Blue House and a Bear to protect him!