ROSIE CHRISTMAS, A (ABC 12/5/99) VERY RARE!!! Rosie O'Donnell, Celine Dion, Kristin Chenoweth, 'N Sync, Gloria Estefan, Trisha Yearwood, Donny Osmond, Billy Porter, Broadway Gospel Choir, Darren Hayes, Sesame Street's Elmo, Rosemary Clooney, Marc Anthony
From the Longacre Theatre in New York City, this 1999 Rosie O'Donnell holiday special celebrates Christmas with an hour of seasonal songs with some of the biggest names in the music industry.
Featured performances include Celine Dion singing “God Bless Us Everyone”; ’N Sync performing “Love’s in Our Hearts on Christmas Day”; Gloria Estefan with “Gonna Eat for Christmas”; Trisha Yearwood singing “Santa on the Rooftop”; Billy Porter and the Broadway Gospel Choir performing “O Holy Night”; Donny Osmond with “Winter Wonderland”; and Darren Hayes of Savage Garden singing “Last Christmas.”
The special also features Kristin Chenoweth in a hilarious elf-audition parody of A Chorus Line; Sesame Street’s Elmo performing “Do You Hear What I Hear?”; Rosemary Clooney singing “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”; Marc Anthony performing “I Need to Know”; and the entire cast joining together for a festive finale of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”
Also appearing is John McDaniel.
This rare holiday special aired only once and features the original network commercials—including Rosie O’Donnell and Penny Marshall’s memorable Kmart advertisements.
