Frosty the Snowman

I suppose it all started with the snow.

You see, it's a very special kind of snow.

A snow to make the happy happier

and the giddy even giddier.

A snow to make a homecoming homier

and natural enemies friends, naturally.

For it was the first snow of the season.

And as any child can tell you,

there's a certain magic to the very first snow...

especially when it falls on the day before Christmas.

For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow...

Well, something wonderful is bound to happen!

Children, back to your seats. The snow can wait.

Now, now.

I've hired professor Hinkle, the magician,

to entertain at today's class Christmas party,

so pay attention!

Now, Professor Hinkle was just about the worst magician in the world.

And so, I put the magic eggs in to my hat.

Abracadabra, to coin a phrase...

And voila the eggs have turned into...

Messy, messy, messy.

Where is that rabbit?

Hocus Pocus! Where are you?

Bah, the only thing this hat's good for is the trash can!

You would desert Hinkle for some stupid frozen water?

Hey, look at the snow!

It's cold and snowy!

Yeah, it's the best kind of snow!

I like snow.

Yeah, that's good.

We're building a snowman, Karen.

You make the head.

The head is the most difficult part.

Ask anyone.

- What will we call him? - Should we call him Harold?

Nah!

- Christopher Columbus? - Oh, No.

- Oatmeal? - Oatmeal?!

How about... Frosty?

Frosty?

Yeah! Frosty it is. Frosty the snowman!

Come back here, you!

Happy Birthday!

That hat brought Frosty to life.

It must be magic.

Magic? My hat, magic?

Just look.

If that hat is magic, I want it back.

But it's not yours anymore!

You threw it away!

Don't talk back to your elders, you naughty naughty little girl.

And you, stay in there,

or there will be no carrots for Christmas.

But you can't take that hat back.

It brought Frosty to life.

You saw it happen!

I saw nothing of the kind.

Quiet.

I can't lose that hat if it's really got magic now.

It'll make me a billionaire magician!

But we saw Frosty come to life, didn't we?

Uh-huh, we sure did.

You silly children believe everything you see.

When you're grown up you'll realize that snowmen can't come to life.

But we -

Silly, silly, silly!

Aw, Frosty, we don't care what grown-ups say.

We know you did come to life.

We know, Frosty. We just know.

Now, of course, the hat did belong to Frosty and the children.

That part must be made very clear.

Therefore, Hocus Pocus was entirely in the right

in what he was about to do.

Well, Hocus Pocus raced back to the children just as fast as he could.

Look! The hat's back.

Let's see if it will make Frosty alive again.

Happy Birthday!

Hey, I said my first words...

but snowmen can't talk.

Alright, come on now, what's the joke.

Could I really be alive?

I mean, I can make words.

I can move.

I can juggle.

I can sweep.

I can count to 10.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 6, 8...

Well, I can count to 5.

What do you know? I'm even ticklish.

In fact, I'm all living.

I am alive!

What a neat thing to happen to a nice guy like me.

Uh oh...

What's the matter, Frosty?

Whew, is there a thermometer around here?

Over there on the wall, why?

Oh, I was afraid of that.

The thermometer is getting red.

I hate red thermometers.

Why, Frosty?

'Cause when the thermometer gets all reddish,

the temperature goes up.

And when the temperature goes up, I start to melt.

And when I start to melt...

I get all wishy washy!

Then you've gotta go some place where you'll never melt.

The only place I'd never melt is the North Pole.

Then we've got to get you there!

Yeah, we'll take you downtown to the railroad station

and put you on a train.

Great, I always wanted to see the town.

Let's make a party out of it!

Let's have a parade!

Come on kids, follow the leader!

Stop. Stop! Stop!

Alright, didn't you see that traffic light?

What's a traffic light?

Up there on the lamp post!

What's a lamp post?

Oh, do you want a ticket, wise guy?

I'd love one.

To the north pole, please!

Huh?

You've got to excuse him, sir.

You see, he just came to life

and he doesn't know much about such things.

Oh, well, okay, if he just came to life.

Move along!

The silly snowmen.

Once they come to life they don't know nothing.

Come to life?!

We'd like a ticket to the North Pole please.

Hmm... What? North Pole? Oh, yes ma'am.

Route you by the way of Saskatchewan,

Hudson Bay, Nome Alaska,

the Klondike, and Aurora Borealis!

Gotta make a change at Nanuk of the Northville.

That'll be $3,000 and four cents, including tax.

Oh, but we don't have any money...

No money!?

No money, no ticket!

Now I'll never get to the north pole.

Oh, Frosty, you just can't melt!

Oh, Karen, don't you get all slushy too.

What is it, Hocus?

Out the window?