The Spirit of Christmas (1995)

Just before Matt Stone and Trey Parker made history with South Park, Fox executive Brian Graden commissioned a Christmas card for the duo to create. The Spirit of Christmas is the very funny and aggressive look at the modern Christmas ideal through the eyes of our favorite foursome form South Park.What makes it funny to start off is it begins like a normal Christmas card, but then sinks right into the racist and crude humor that the series is most famous for. But the true inspiration is the religious and Christmas symbols, Jesus and Santa Claus, dueling a-la Mortal Combat about whether Christmas is for giving or remembering Jesus' birth. Then out of nowhere comes ice skater Brian Boitano to explain the meaning of Christmas. A small taste of random celebrity teasing found later in the show. Of course Jesus and Santa make up (not acknowledging they have killed Kenny and other students in the crossfire) and Stan and Kyle reveal the true meaning of Christmas, I will not dare spoil it for those who haven't seen it.This short is both offensive, aggressive, profane, and outrageously funny. A classic for South Park fans and non-fans alike.

If you're a nice one you could say Parker and Trey Parker and Matt Stone were among the most creative 20-something-year-old's of the 90s, if not you could say their creative process pretty much rested during this and the start of the TV series South Park two years later. In any case, the two are in their early 40s now and the show is two weeks away from going into its 17th season. A truly respectable feat. While many say that it's gotten worse over the years, I think it's still one of the most entertaining animated shows on television and if there was any decline in quality, it was minor.In any case, this short film is pretty much your usual South Park episode packed in 25% of the running time. The boys are all there and also look pretty much exactly the same on the show. Their behavior doesn't differ much, including the obscene language. Cartman is the prick he's always been. Kenny shall die. And we also get our piece of South Park moral at the end.It's South Park meets Celebrity Deathmatch as old acquaintances Santa and Jesus battle each other other in their fight to show humanity (metaphorically the 4 kids) what Christmas really is about and convince them that their position is the right one. And as always with South Park, there is no black and white result, but the solution to the issue is all kinds of shades. I'm pretty sure, nobody really watches this before he actually came across the series, but those 5 minutes are surely worth a watch for fans of the show when the newest season goes into Christmas break again.

This is the funniest short film I've ever seen! It's about 4 boys who meet Jesus and he asks them where the mall is. Jesus and Santa meet face to face and fight to settle what the real meaning of christmas is. Meanwhile, the boys watch and wonder what some Brian guy would do. This film is very funny. The 1991 verson pretty much sucked. This short is very funny, and I think any one who likes South Park, should watch it.I give it an A+ (a perfect 10)

This, as most of you know is the second "Spirit of Christmas" the first being re-titled to "Mr. Frosty" both contained the sharp wit, the crudeness that we all enjoy. It took me a while to find a good quality copy of this cartoon to watch, and I am glad I did. In this golden Parker-nugget the boys have an encounter with Jesus looking for Santa Claus...to kick the living sh*t out of him. When Ole' St. Nick and Jesus battle it out the boys consult one of their idols: Brian Biotana. Brian Teaches them the way and shows the boys that shouldn't think of things like "who's going to win Santa or Jesus" but to focus on the true meaning of Christmas. In the end the South Park boys find the true meaning of Christmas....PRESENTS!