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This page contains trivia for The Spirit of Christmas. Remember, trivia must be factual, provable, and it is always best to cite your source for not-so-obvious trivia. If you would like to dispute a trivia point, please discuss it in the talk page.
The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Frosty[]
Trivia[]
- Stan's parents, Randy and Sharon Marsh are first mentioned, but they are not introduced until "Volcano" and "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig", respectively.
- Stan's sister, Shelley Marsh is also mentioned, but also not introduced until "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig".
- All the boys have small lines under their eyes drawn to represent noses. They were removed in "Jesus vs. Santa".
- Stan is the first character to speak in this short, making him the first character in the series to speak. Though if one counts the first episode, Kyle Broflovski is the first character to speak.
- The prototype Kenny speaks unmuffled. His mouth is also uncovered to match. He speaks muffled and his mouth is covered in "Jesus vs. Santa".
- Cartman is called Kenny in this short. This may indicate that Kenny was originally going to be called Cartman before being changed.
- The 8mm camera that shot this first version of the trilogy sill remains unknown to this day. The camera used in this is most likely a Double 8mm home movie camera. This camera also likley shot American History.
References to Popular Culture[]
- The introductory music is "Jesus is A Love Song" by The Clark Sisters.
- Frosty first appeared in the Rankin & Bass Christmas special Frosty the Snowman. The special was first broadcast on December 7, 1969 on CBS. The special has since become a staple holiday program through the years.
Kenny's and Cartman's Death[]
- Eric Cartman (who is called "Kenny") gets grabbed by one of Frosty's tentacles and is thrown at a distance. He gets slammed into the ground and quickly bleeds to death.
- Frosty, disguised as Santa, tosses prototype Kenny McCormick on the ground. His head decapitates.
References in Other Episodes[]
- In "The Simpsons Already Did It", Tweek is scared of putting a carrot on a snowman, thinking it come to life. Stan asks him, "When did that ever happen besides that one time?", a drawback to this short. In the short, the proto Stan was instead worried about the other boys putting a hat onto Frosty's head.
- It was referenced in "Red Sleigh Down", where in the middle of the episode the four boys say "Jesus!" and shake their heads side-to-side in exactly the same way that the early versions of Stan and did in the short film.
Goofs[]
- Kyle Broflovski's voice shifts pitch throughout the film.
The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Santa[]
Trivia[]
- A little girl sitting on Santa's lap, looked a lot like Wendy Testaburger, though she is unnamed and her outfit is completely different from what it was in the show.
- When Santa Claus spins Jesus Christ around and throws him, Jesus lands next to a snowman wearing a hat. This is a reference to The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Frosty.
- The Fatality sound effect from the video game Mortal Kombat 3 can be heard before Jesus and Santa scream, starting the final battle.
- Jesus asks the boys to take him to the mall, but the place they actually go to is Main Street.
- Towards the end of the short, Stan sounds similar to Cartman.
- While the short is close to the TV series, there were some differences to it:
- The font on the town's sign is in Stencil rather than the unique one resembling Playbill.
- None of the mountains have snow on top.
- Kyle's voice is more high pitched.
- Stan makes fun of Jews just like Cartman.
- Cartman's voice is slightly deeper.
- After Kenny's death, Kyle does not finish off with "You bastards!". He is also the one to say "Oh my god, they killed Kenny" instead of Stan.
- This animated short was referenced in South Park: Phone Destroyer as one of the Battle Packs for Holiday 2019.
References to Popular Culture[]
- Much of the music heard is from the album Christmas Songs by Mel Tormé. In order of appearance:
- "It Happened In Sun Valley" plays over the opening credits and is briefly heard when Santa is first seen.
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" plays when the boys and Jesus arrive at the mall.
- "Christmas Medley" plays when Brian Boitano appears.
- "What Child Is This?" plays during Brian Boitano's speech and when Jesus and Santa make amends.
- "The Christmas Song" plays during Stan's realization that Christmas is about presents.
- A few pieces of music from Mortal Kombat 3 are also heard:
- "Continue Theme" is heard during the exchange of words between Santa and Jesus.
- "Fatality Theme 2" is heard when Santa and Jesus make battle cries.
- "The Subway" is heard when Santa and Jesus fight.
- "There can be only one" is a reference to the Highlander movies, in which every time an Immortal kills another, he adds the others' powers to his own with the statement.
- When Santa picks up and spins Jesus around and throws him is similar to the 1995 Pixar film Toy Story when one of Andy's toys picks Woody and spins him around and tosses him.
- The statue Kenny's head knocked over is one of Orgazmo, only here it is a mirror image. The Orgazmorator looks quite different here, too.
- Jesus executes a flawless Three Stooges eye gouge to Santa.
- The scene when the statue falls on the children is very much like the scene at the end of the Monty Python opening credits in which the foot squishes the chicken/man. They both have very similar squishing sounds as well.
- "Come on, lumberboy!" is a reference to the fact that Jesus followed stepfather Joseph into carpentry.
References in Other Episodes[]
- In "A Very Crappy Christmas", the boys create their own cut-out animation, which is clips used from "Jesus vs. Santa".
- In the 6 Days to Air: The Making of 'South Park' documentary, clips of this short were shown.
Kenny's Death[]
- Kenny gets decapitated by Santa, and his head flies off and hits a statue, which then topples over and crushes some children. At the end of the film, a colony of rats mow away at Kenny's corpse.