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 gets 'hot'"), and then starting to collapse ("I think he's melting" -- "You "know" what happens when Frosty gets hot"). It was also covered by the Hampton String Quartet on their inaugural album, "What if Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'." The song was quickly covered by many artists including Jimmy Durante, Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo. The versions by Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo also reached the American charts. In 1950, Little Golden Books published "Frosty the Snow Man" as a children's book, adapted by Annie North Bedford and illustrated by Corinne Malvern. In 1950,