The Spirit of Christmas (short film) The Spirit of Christmas (short film) Spirit of Christmas is the name of two different animated short films made by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They are precursors to the animated series "South Park". To differentiate the two, they are often referred to as Jesus vs. Frosty (1992) and Jesus vs. Santa (1995). "Jesus vs. Frosty" begins with four boys building a snowman and, in the vein of "Frosty the Snowman", putting a magic hat on it to make it come to life. Unfortunately, Frosty turns out to be evil and deranged, sprouting huge tentacles and killing Kenny (who resembles
Winnie the Pooh (2011 film) preceded by the animated short "The Ballad of Nessie", which was about a friendly Loch Ness Monster named Nessie and how she and her best friend MacQuack, the rubber duck, came to live in the moor they now call home. In some international screenings, the episode "Cubby's Goldfish" from the Disney Junior series "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" also appeared. The film was first released on DVD only on August 22, 2011 in the UK, where it does not fall under the numbered Animated Classic branding. In the US, it was released as number 51 in the Animated Classics