There are plenty of holiday specials out there in the world but only the rare few achieve classic, annual-part-of-your-family-viewing status. In its 44 years of existence, Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas has taken the slow and steady path from cult appreciation to larger-scale greatness.
Our critic takes in two puppet-driven musicals in Manhattan. But with the Omicron variant on the rise, maybe kid-friendly theater is best consumed at home right now.