The Spirit of Christmas
Tags: cult, psychedelic, satire

Plot synopsis:
While on a school field trip to a candy factory, Butters spots actor Tom Cruise working there, packing fudge into boxes. Stan, who previously told Cruise that his acting is not as good as others' in "Trapped in the Closet", accidentally insults him again by calling him a "fudge packer", as Cruise claims to be fly fishing. Cruise then recruits 200 other celebrities who have been ridiculed by the town of South Park to bring a class action lawsuit against the town. Stan returns to the factory with his father Randy to try to apologize and convince Cruise to drop the suit, but also finds it difficult not to call him a fudge packer as well since he was literally packing fudge while they spoke. An angry Cruise agrees to do so, but only if they can help Cruise meet Muhammad. This causes an uproar because depictions of Muhammad are forbidden, and the townsfolk fear that forcing Muhammad to appear in public will drive Muslim radicals to bomb the town. Stan and Kyle go to the Super Best Friends, a squad of superhero-like religious figures (Jesus Christ, Gautama Buddha, Moses, Krishna, Laozi, Joseph Smith) of which Muhammad is a member, to request he return with them to South Park. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Cruise and the other celebrities only want Muhammad for his "goo", as Rob Reiner, previously shown to be filled with "goo" in "Butt Out", has invented a machine to transfer Muhammad's "goo" to the celebrities, which they believe will make them immune to ridicule, just like Muhammad.
By this time, Cartman arrives with "Mitch Connor", a face painted on his hand as one-half of a ventriloquist act. Previously, Connor had successfully impersonated actress Jennifer Lopez in "Fat Butt and Pancake Head", and now Cartman and Connor return to the Lopez imitation in order to get involved in the lawsuit along with the other celebrities. Connor soon secretly convinces Cartman that they should steal Muhammad's goo for themselves to sell on the black market for more than the lawsuit could offer. Meanwhile, Kyle and Stan convince the Super Best Friends to let Muhammad come to town, but only if he stays in the back of a U-Haul truck and is not seen. When the townspeople realize they must bring Muhammad to Cruise's limo, they allegedly put him inside a bear mascot outfit. South Park is about to give Muhammad to the celebrities when the exchange is interrupted by a bomb planted by the Ginger Kids, a group of fair-skinned, red-haired children who are tired of being made fun of for their physical appearance. The Gingers want Muhammad for themselves, hoping to use his goo for their own means. They threaten to blow up the town if Muhammad is not turned over to them.
The people of South Park decide to turn Muhammad over to the Gingers, fearing the violence that will befall their town if they do not. The celebrities are angered by this change in events, but refuse to resort to violence for fear of ruining their careers. Instead, the celebrities decide to awaken the rebuilt Mecha-Streisand, a giant mechanical monster form of Barbra Streisand, who previously terrorized the town of South Park before being destroyed. The celebrities hope to use Mecha-Streisand to force South Park to accept their demands. Meanwhile, due to the chain of events, Cartman decides Connor's scheme has become too complicated and tries to quit, but Connor convinces him to stay involved by revealing that the townspeople of South Park have lied to Cartman about his true father. Although they previously claimed his hermaphroditic mother was also his father, Connor insists this is a lie. Cartman confronts his school teacher Mr. Garrison and Garrison's old hand puppet Mr. Hat, who admits to Cartman there was indeed a cover-up. Mecha-Streisand roars threateningly and continues her reign of destruction as the episode ends.

Review: Must see for South Park fans!!.
This is pretty funny considering it looks and sounds terrible.
It's really interesting to see how Trey Parker and Matt Stone started out with South Park, and they created a very demented and vulgar short film.
Within this short, we see a switch of characters: the fat kid, better known as Cartman on the TV series, is named Kenny and is the first to get killed.
The hood-wearing kid, who is known as Kenny on the TV series, is the second killed and is not given a name.
And the other two (Stan and Kyle) also remain nameless in this short.
You'll never look at snowmen wearing top hats the same ever again..
Jurassic South Park.
This is interesting for the way it shows a very early, very rough version of the show.
The four principals are there, though not quite the same way we know them now.
Collectors will love watching it, though the 1995 remake is funnier..
Great Vintage from the "archives".
This is the very first, early draft of what would become 'South Park'.
This is the work of film students in their last year of university/college, and frankly, I like this little short.
because it's such a classic, I never even knew about this until 10 minutes ago.Trey and Matt soon would discover that this little short film will have a sequel to it, in which that will spawn them a TV show, two years later.
It's bad quality, but it's 1992, so don't complain.
But if you want to be reminded of your child-hood memories, then watch this.
A nice 10/10 for originality.
You think it starts out as your regular Christmas special or educational Christmas cartoon short, but as soon they put the magic hat on the snowman, everything goes nuts, and you see the true nature of what South Park is today.
Again, 10/10 for originality..
Memorable short.
For fans of South Park, this is a real treat.
We see what was to become of the 4 boys back in 1991.
Very rough, very raw, and very scrappy (Matt and Trey did everything on this, like how they did on the 1995 version).
It sucks.
This first foray into South Park completely stunk.
Perhaps it was tarnished because I saw the hilarious Jesus vs Santa Spirit of Christmas first.
The only cool thing about this short was that Kenny and Cartman were switched.
The fat Cartman we know and love was Kenny (he also didn't talk).
I was shocked when Frosty smoked Cartman, he died and I heard "Ohmygod, they killed Kenny!".
Neither Kenny nor Cartman spoke (that I remember), and I'm glad Matt and Trey made the changes that did to make Jesus vs Santa break that "sequel is worst than the original" rule in film.Miss this one, cause you ain't missing much..
Nearly 25 Years Later: The Patriarch of South Park.
I usually do not like South Park, but without this cartoon, South Park would not exist.
It showed all of the qualities that made South Park so vulgar, dark, funny and snowy.
It all began as a spoof of Frosty the Snowman in which, the snowman became a monster.
It also showed people that the true meaning of Christmas was all about Jesus Christ's birth.
It was well made when it comes to stop- motion.
Never say bad words in front of Jesus.
The quotes were well written, even on a pretty low budget.
The satire about the holidays gave birth to all subsequent South Park media.
Three years after the groundbreaking short, there was an even more controversial cartoon about Jesus vs Santa and characterized the characters even further.
Two years later, South Park aired on TV.
Two years later, a movie was released.
Without the short, there would be no South Park whatsoever..
Snowman, Santa and Jesus in only 4 minutes.
The 1992 short film "The Spirit of Christmas" is basically a South Park episode (with a slightly different animation style) packed into 4 minutes.
The four boys accidentally create an evil snowman with tentacles who promptly kills one of them, then transforms into Santa and when the kids ask Santa for help, he kills the second.
So the kids go see Jesus.
And luckily, Jesus is not the evil snowman in disguise, but kills the villain.This was the first time Trey Parker and Matt Stone entered the very long-living world of South Park.
The show is at its 18th season now already and this short film here was made 5 years before everything started (and 7 years before the movie).
The characters have quite a few differences compared to what they were in another short film by Parker/Stone also called "The Spirit of Christmas" from 1995 and the show later one.
Kenny gets actually killed here, a running gag for a very long time in the show, but he has Cartman's outfit and the clothes are different in general.
Also, you can see the mouth of the character that looks like Kenny (but isn't).
What is not different is the moral lesson at the end told by one of the boys.
This idea was also taken up for the show and appears at the end of almost every episode..
South Park Begins!.
Rated NR(would be Rated R for Language and Some Violence) Most of us know the animated television show South Park which started in 1997 and is still going on.The show that parodies today's issues.Well South Park first started with two animated short films about Christmas.Back in 1992 when South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were in college together they made a short film for film class called The Spirit Of Christmas.It is also known as Jesus Vs Frosty.You can find this and the other Spirit Of Christmas short film on youtube.There are some big differences between this and the TV series.First of all the two boys who are Stan and Kyle are not named and look a bit different.Second Cartman is called Kenny in this short and the Kenny from the series is not named.*MINOR SPOILERS HERE*Both Kenny(aka Cartman) and the Kenny from the series get killed.*END OF SPOILERS*.The short is four minutes long and has a basic plot.The four South Park kids make a snowman and put a magic hat on the snowman.However the snowman turns evil and kills one of the boys.He then pretends to be Santa Claus and kills another boy.Now they must stop him by asking a favor from Jesus.Jesus saves the day.The 1995 Spirit Of Christmas short is better than this one but this one is still fairly funny and good.Bad quality though.Runtime:4min 9/10