Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)

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Pass the snow tire.

He's not going to come to life.

Of course not.
He's not Frosty the Snowman.

Only the real Frosty can come to life.

I wish he'd come back from the North Pole.

Yeah, it's not warm here anymore.
He wouldn't melt.

He said he'd come back again someday.
I wonder if he really meant it.

Well, certainly he meant it.

You all remember that day Frosty left.

I sure do miss all those boys and girls.

I've been up here such a long time.

I told them I'd be back again someday.

But when will someday come?

"City A Winter Wonderland."

"First Snow Of Season."

Hey, someday is today.

So, Frosty sat down and wrote a letter to all his old friends.

Frosty's coming back!

And when the kids realized that Frosty was coming back... it really was a Winter Wonderland.

It was wonderful for many reasons.
But most of all... because Frosty wasn't going to be lonely anymore.

See, he had a very special surprise in store for him.

You've heard the old familiar tale, how Frosty came to life.

But do you know the story... of how Frosty took a wife?

You know, when you're a kid... winter is one of the four best seasons of the year.

But when you're a snowman, winter is the only season of the year.

Watch, here comes one now.

With Frosty here, the sound of winter laughter... was soon ringing through the meadow.

But there was one person who got very jealous.

Jack Frost, that icy artist who paints the world white every winter.

Why is that snowman getting all the credit?

Why don't the children love me?

I'm the one who makes winter wonderful.

Frosty was still the fastest belly-whopper in the world.

We're winning.

I'll show him.

Hello.

Did you make that neat wind all by yourself?

Why, of course, I did. I'm Jack Frost.

I'm wonderful.
Why, I can do anything wintry.

Blow winds, freeze ponds, make blizzards so deep... they'll close down all the schools.

Boy, he's just a big bragger.

Yeah. Frosty's lots more fun.

- Come on, Frosty, let's go.
- Hop aboard.

Yeah, winter's no fun without Frosty.

Frosty. That's all I hear.

A stupid snowman takes my place... just because he has that silly magic hat that brought him to life.

That hat, yes.

I'll eliminate the hat and that will be that.

That night, it was so beautiful...

they all went for a sleigh ride out to the skating park.

But, Frosty, there are two horses.

I could never count.

When it came to skating, Frosty was the tops.

- Can you make a figure eight, Frosty?
- I can try.

You're right, Frosty. You can't count.

Now, if I could just aim my north wind...at that magic hat.

Get behind me, quick.

Got it!

Frosty's magic silk hat!

It's mine! It's mine!

There was so much snow blowing around... that Jack Frost didn't see that he had the wrong hat.

Ignore me, will they?

Now those children won't have any winter friends.

And wearing a horse's hat, he took off for other, faraway wintry places.

And as for the kids, the next day they began to notice...

something different about their friend Frosty.

- Suppertime, Frosty. Mom wants us home.
- Yup.

- Good night, Frosty. See you tomorrow.
- Yup.

What's the matter, Frosty?

"Yup. Yup." Doesn't sound like you.

It's just that every night when you go home and leave me...

I miss you something awful.

- Yes, but you can't come indoors with us.
- You'd melt, Frosty.

I know.
But when you're all together inside... and I'm all alone outside...

Poor Frosty.

Do you know what you need, Frosty?
A wife.

- What's a wife?
- A Mrs. Frosty, you know?

Someone you think is very beautiful, who thinks you're very handsome... and will love you back when you love her.

What a great invention.

So the next morning they began to build a beautiful snow-wife...

designed to Frosty's very own specifications.

Kind of round and plump... with the top of her head coming just above here.
Everybody put everything together.

They were ready for the finishing touches.

There.

Her eyes were two beautiful blue beads...

from Elsie's favorite necklace.

They were just plastic, but they sparkled like sapphires.

Her cute little nose was a thimble.

And her mouth was made from some of Mom's pink yarn.

And an old dust mop became a coiffure.
That's a hairdo, you know.

She's beautiful. What's her name?

- Cleopatra?
- Nah.

- Emantrude?
- Nah.

- Minnehaha?
- Nah.

Cornflakes?

Cornflakes?

How about... Crystal?

Yeah!

- Crystal.
- That's great.

Hello, Crystal.

Only one thing.

She's not all living like I am.

Not that it's important, but it's important.

- Maybe a hat would bring her to life.
- A lady's hat.

Yap says we can use hers.

There must have been some magic in that pretty hat they found...

Nothing.

It was a nice idea anyway.

Yeah, things were pretty sad for Frosty.

And to make matters worse, miles and miles away...

in another part of winter, Jack Frost sat down to rest for a minute...

and for the first time he got a good look at that hat.

This isn't the magic hat.
This is a horse's hat.

Somebody's been horsing around with Jack Frost.

Now, who did it? It's him.

That frosted snowman did it.

I'll show them, though, that nobody makes a fool of Jack Frost.

When I get through... there'll be no more Frosty the Snowman.

Poor Frosty, he didn't know about Jack Frost's plans.

And even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared...

for all his thoughts were about his beloved, still silent, Crystal.

Crystal, I don't care if you're not all living.

Frosty reached down...

and brought up a lovely bouquet of frost flowers...

which he had made from the snow.

And suddenly, as the wintry stars twinkled down...

Frosty's gift of love...

those simple flowers, worked an icy miracle.

Happy birthday.

Crystal, I've been waiting all day.

- What kept you?
- Frosty.

I thought you'd never think of those flowers.

There never were two happier snow-people.

Hey, everybody.
We're gonna have a wedding.

Oh, no.

Oh, Frosty. What's he done to you?

No more Frosty.

No more Frosty?

That's ridiculous. You have a wife... except for the formalities, that is, to help you now.

There.

Everyone knows the groom should have a flower in his buttonhole.

That's just to say, "I love you, Frosty."

Happy birthday.

What?

That's impossible. Isn't it?

Wait. Come back here.

You darn snowpersons!

Drat. I've been outfrosted again.

Hey, everybody, it's time for that wedding.

- A wedding.
- We're gonna need a preacher. Come on.

They were going to hold the wedding that very night.

Finally Parson Brown showed up, but when he saw Frosty and Crystal...

Dear me.

I didn't know you were snowpersons.
I'm only allowed to marry real persons.

It just wouldn't be legal if I tied this knot.

- Doggone.
- Oh, dear.

Seems to me that the right parson... to marry a snowman to a snowwoman would be a snow-parson.

I'll help you build him.

And so they all pitched in.

One, two, three.

There was the nicest snow-parson you ever did see.

And then to make him all living...

A parson's not a parson, till he holds the Good Book in his hand.

- Happy birthday.
- Hooray.

A wedding.

Now the competition will be double.

No. I won't allow it.

I will not allow it.
I am the most powerful thing in winter.

There's cold wind nipping at my nose.

You must be him.

Jack Frost.

Finally I'm getting some attention.

Attention?

Why, you're the most important person here.

- We couldn't even begin without you.
- What?

It was so good of you to come to our wedding.

It's about to start, you know.

What are you talking about?

If you'd turn that wind down a bit, it would be a lot easier to be heard.

All right, but just for a minute.

What a neat idea.

- What are you whispering about?
- Tell him.

The bride's made of winter... and the groom's made of winter... and the parson's made of winter... the whole wedding party should be wintry.

And so...

Would you be the best man?

What? Me?

Best man. Could you?

What do you mean, could I?

- I've always been the best man.
- Thank you, little friend.

- Friend?
- You've made us very happy.

Hey, everybody!

Happy birthday.

And so the wedding commenced.

Over the ground lies a mantle of white.

A heaven of diamonds shine down through the night.

I now pronounce you snowman and wife.

And they lived happily ever after.

Through January, February...

March, and way into April.

This was the year winter almost didn't end.

When the thermometer gets all reddish, it's time for us to go.

Wait, friends. I can fix that.

Winter never has to end.

With me around, this fun can go on forever.

And it did. It went on and on, till some folks started to get worried.

It was up to Parson Brown to set those winter friends straight.

Winter never end?

That might be fun for you, but what about all the trees... with new green leaves inside them just busting to be born?

And what about the seeds and the bulbs deep in the ground?

Nature made them a promise, that someday they'd be pretty flowers.

Can you imagine how you'd feel... if someone broke such a promise to you?

I didn't mean to hurt anybody.
I like the flowers... even though I never get a chance to see them.

He's right, Frosty. Parson Brown is right.

It's time for us to go.

We'll miss you all so much.

We'll be back, you'll see.

Now, come on. No time for long faces.

Stop.

It's you again.

The talking snowman.

You don't surprise me anymore.

Good, and I'd like you to meet Crystal.

Hello. I'm Frosty's snow-wife.

And it is my pleasure, Crystal.

Now, isn't that nice? A snow-wife.

A snow-wife!

Bye.

And when Jack Frost also left for the North Pole...

the gentle warmth of springtime erased his magic work for another year.

And soon the Winter Wonderland was only a memory.

But it was a good memory, and good memories can never die.

Because we all know that on one not-so-far-away day... that first snowflake will fall.

Then...

May all your winters be wonderful.

And frosty, too.