Which company mainly produced the 1978 CBS special A Special Sesame Street Christmas?

A Special Sesame Street Christmas was mainly produced by Bob Banner Associates.

The 1978 CBS special was unusual because it was not primarily produced by the Children’s Television Workshop, the organization behind the regular Sesame Street series. Bob Banner Associates developed the special for CBS, while Children’s Television Workshop licensed elements of the Sesame Street world for use.

The production used the Sesame Street set and some familiar performers and characters, including Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, and several regular human cast members. Much of the rest—including the script and a large Barkley costume—came from Banner’s production staff.

The special aired on December 8, 1978, and presented Oscar in a loose A Christmas Carol-style story. Its guest cast included Leslie Uggams, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, Dick Smothers, Henry Fonda, and Michael Jackson. It is often confused with the separately produced Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, which premiered the same year.