Frosty's Winter Wonderland

Frosty's Winter Wonderland
A 1976 advertisement poster for the special
Based on	"Frosty the Snowman" by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Written by	Romeo Muller
Directed by	Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass
Starring	Dennis Day Paul Frees Jackie Vernon Shelley Winters
Narrated by	Andy Griffith
Music by	Maury Laws
Country of origin	United States Japan
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Rankin/Bass Productions
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	December 2, 1976
Chronology
Preceded by	Frosty the Snowman
Followed by	Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

Frosty's Winter Wonderland is a 1976 animated Christmas television special and a sequel to the 1969 special Frosty the Snowman produced by Rankin/Bass Productions and returns writer Romeo Muller and Jackie Vernon as the voice of Frosty. Andy Griffith stars as the narrator. The special premiered on ABC on December 2, 1976.

Years have passed since Frosty left for the North Pole, but kept his promise to the children that he would be back again someday. When he hears the news about the first snowfall of the season, he comes back to the children. The children are excited to hear about Frosty's return and are overjoyed when he comes back to play with them, but then Jack Frost (voiced by Paul Frees) sees the fun that the children are having with Frosty and becomes jealous of him and attempts to steal his hat so the children will love him more.

Despite the fun he has, Frosty becomes sad and lonely at the end of each day when the children go home for the night, making him cry for the first time. To cheer him up, the kids, with his help, build him a snow wife the next day (suggested names included Cleopatra, Cornflakes, Ermintrude, and Minny Ha-Ha) and name her Crystal, but she is not alive like how he is. The children try placing a horse's bonnet on her head, but to no avail. Late that night, Frosty presents Crystal with a bouquet of frost flowers. His gift of love brings her to life, and she immediately says his trademark line: "Happy Birthday". The two joyously frolic through the snow, until Jack uses a gust of icy wind which blows Frosty's hat off, taunting Crystal that he is gone for good. To prove Jack wrong, she sculpts a corsage out of snow, places it on Frosty's chest and gives him a kiss which immediately brings him back to life. Befuddled by his reanimation, Jack throws Frosty's hat back on his head.

Frosty and Crystal run through the town announcing their wedding to the children. The children gather together with Parson Brown, the local preacher, in town to marry them. Parson Brown says that he can't perform the ceremony, as he can only legally marry real people. Everyone is dejected until Parson Brown suggests they build a "snow parson" with his assistance. After the parson is built, Parson Brown states that "A parson is not a parson 'til he holds the Good Book in his hand." He places a Bible into the snow parson's hand, and he is immediately vivified. Jack witnesses this and decides to spoil the wedding with a blizzard. Crystal decides to reason with him asks for him to be the best man at the wedding (after all, she says, the whole wedding should be wintry, and so it would only be appropriate for him to be the best man). Finally feeling appreciated, Jack agrees. The wedding goes on without a hitch, to the song "Winter Wonderland".