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 Returns had been owned by CBS in terms of the broadcast license, but "Frosty's Winter Wonderland" was produced after 1974 and thus is part of the package now owned by Warner Bros. and licensed to AMC. "Frosty Returns" is a musical special, with two songs featured prominently on the soundtrack. "Frosty the Snowman" is featured at the beginning as an instrumental and sung by the entire cast at the close. "Let There Be Snow" is an original piece composed for the special, with three verses (each sung by a different character) sung at various points in the special. Frosty Returns Frosty