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.
Among the performers are Celine Dion ("God Bless Us Everyone"), 'N Sync ("Love's in Our Hearts on Christmas Day"), Gloria Estefan ("Gonna Eat for Christmas"), Trisha Yearwood ("Santa on the Rooftop"), Billy Porter and the Broadway Gospel Choir ("Oh Holy Night"), Donny Osmond ("Winter Wonderland"), Darren Hayes of Savage Garden ("Last Christmas"), an elf audition (a parody of "A Chorus Line") with Kristin Chenoweth, Sesame Street's Elmo ("Do You Hear What I Hear?"), Rosemary Clooney ("Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"), Marc Anthony ("I Need to Know") and the full cast perform "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing."
Note: This special aired only one time. It includes the original network commercials including the Rosie O'Donnell and Penny Marshall's ads for Kmart)