Road to the North Pole comedy films which were released from 1940 to 1962, starring actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and actress Dorothy Lamour. The opening credits show images with Brian and Stewie referencing other Christmas specials such as "The Nutcracker", "A Christmas Carol", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Frosty the Snowman" and "Home Alone". The credits also show Brian and Stewie performing winter activities, such as snowball fights, making snow angels and putting coal in the (Meg's) Christmas socks instead of gifts. Ron MacFarlane, who narrated part of the episode, mentioned that Kenny Rogers was supposed to be there. The episode opens with a
Frosty the Snowman (film) lyric, saying, "I'll be back on Christmas Day!" © 1969 Videocraft International Limited Released by Rhino on October 1, 2002, the entire audio portion of "Frosty the Snowman" is available on CD along with the entire audio portion of "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", the Rankin/Bass special produced in 1970. This edition contains the full dialogue and song audio of both specials. The track listing is as follows: In the United States, CBS continues to hold the telecast rights to the original program (under license from the current copyright holder, NBCUniversal Television), and still airs it yearly with the