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
Live-action animated film Dyke's character created. One of the best-known scenes was an improvised number in which Van Dyke's character dances around with penguin waiters, as Andrews watches happily. "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," from 1971 features a live action and animated sequence in which Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson dance together in an underwater nightclub, while Tomlinson must bear the brunt of aggressive, anthropomorphic soccer-playing animals in the latter half. Inspired by the 1974 Swedish film "Dunderklumpen" , Walt Disney Productions's "Pete's Dragon" from 1977 experimented with this and does the opposite of its predecessors, putting the animated dragon, Elliot, in a live-action setting.