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Ernie got his soap dish on Christmas Eve, in the 1978 film “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street”. The pink dish was a present to Ernie from his best friend, Bert. And by a strange quirk of O’Henry-style fate, Ernie also got his rubber duckie (returned) for Christmas that same year, as a gift from Mr. Hooper.
