It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) is a family holiday comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Just before Christmas, greedy bank owner Miss Bitterman sets her sights on the Muppet Theatre, planning to tear it down for a nightclub. She cons Pepe out of the only copy of the contract and rewrites the terms so the gang has barely any time to pay off a sudden debt.

Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the whole crew scramble to save the theatre while still trying to put on their Christmas show. When a despairing Kermit wishes he'd never been born, an angel turns up to show him a world without him — a warm send-up of It's a Wonderful Life. The live-action cameos pile up fast, with Joan Cusack, David Arquette, William H. Macy and Whoopi Goldberg all dropping by.

Directed by Kirk R. Thatcher, it balances cheeky puppet gags with genuine holiday sentiment. It's a solid pick for a night by the tree — jokes for the grown-ups, Muppets for the kids. Stream It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) online on iFILM.