christmas christmas 23rd episode eighth season episode overall american animated television series originally aired cbs united_states november nickelodeon december special tries convince transform everybody bikini feeding special laced order christmas wish secret formula episode produced stop motion animation directed founders company animation style inspired classic television specials written lawrence christmas based song don christmas featured episode guest starred voice november soundtrack album dvd episode released simultaneously premiere christmas attracted nearly million viewers met positive critical reception received nominations 40th annie awards including winning character animation category nominated best sound editing television 60th golden reel awards plot summary special opens truck snowy mountain area role town intention delivering letter santa personally stops wish viewers merry christmas explains wanted sure got letter year given day claims revealed stole truck tied truck doubts knows way debate christmas song contains directions lyrics truck suddenly runs literal fork road gets stuck tires causes truck spin control happens suggests viewers christmas mail truck drives cliff crashes canyon bound manage survive unfortunately truck flat tire caused fork preventing able drive lost woods start sense hunger minutes buffalo wings nearly eats snap head cake topped special epilogue find believing finally santa workshop goes inside read letter says wants christmas meet hero revealed viewers actually cave inhabited hungry polar bear starts chasing presumably nearly eats nearby real santa puts naughty list kidnapping stealing mail truck place earlier agrees segments end wish viewers merry christmas segments cut special cbs christmas bikini miserable angry committing naughty deeds gets puts santa naughty list making unable receive christmas wish secret formula discovers dangerous chemical element serves trap citizens bikini capable turning intends feed bikini turn order test gives slice work immune combination tiny brain big heart increasingly infuriated plan seemingly failed completely gives promptly bikini transforms residents realizing element works people bikini instead christmas spirit immune forced send evil wind robot version commit troublesome deeds frame real day begins notice town like sandy discover cure residents bikini song called don christmas sings bringing residents christmas spirit unfortunately late santa arrives states naughty list nice person earned formula tries convince santa mistake santa refuses believe states trouble havoc bikini wind robot comes eliminate santa destroy christmas fights robot finally destroys clearing santa thanks saving shows good finds robot wind key reading found return revealing chaos giving coal santa leaves bikini capture butterfly net throw course production development writing voice casting lawrence served episode writers serving storyboard directors christmas based christmas song don christmas written voice actor writing partner wrote sort little sample calling card thinking story song conceived help episode writers lawrence kenny explained eventually somebody nickelodeon found song desk decided holiday special network let kenny write songs upcoming special episode nickelodeon eventually decided release soundtrack album christmas album containing songs coincide episode christmas length episode series produced stop motion animation animated served directors chosen executives execute animation worked smaller projects include opening title sequence truth square explained dug shorts called mysterious wanted apply come planet far sense humor comic concerned wanted sure felt like episode main cast members lent voices episode series executive producer minor speaking role voice addition regular cast american actor guest starred episode voice animation filming animators cited classic television specials santa town inspirations episode animation styles said heavily immersed particular style big heroes tapped knowledge sure definitely use modern tricks shot digital cameras directly hard drives production episode officially began october los_angeles california months research development animators worked closely executive producer creator creative director ensure cartoon characters properly translated dimensional provided hands feedback production weekly basis check forth gags experience came visit come planet felt easy natural said people described thrilled work worked making episode described initial stage production busy period came morning didn leave midnight days pretty quickly said felt pretty lucky usually executives involved productions look stop motion process annoying special production crew christmas spirit months worth christmas music played included versions suite according took months shoot set construction conflicts making sure stop motion version bikini resemble world series said didn want exact copies cartoon drawings ended feeling perfect chose appropriate real world objects possible art director focused digging salvage yards picking right materials set described process world bikini sets constructed pounds snow crew tried use real snow melted pounds cover background boxes breakfast cover coral rocks different types foam set pieces characters bodies heads render house palm tree school yard props materials actual christmas trees pirate scenes boxes create inside mouth pounds eyes texture pieces etc pounds create sandy floor craft flowers create parade float character design according challenging character translate stop motion sheer number parts needed wanted retain possible dozens replacement parts like arms sizes course main character want sure charm audience brings special kind pressure said important thing capture spirit character necessarily literal copy kind energy careful include leave hand pirate easiest character proportions release broadcast sneak trailer episode released june november christmas officially aired cbs premiered united_kingdom ireland december december christmas aired nickelodeon united_states years original airing christmas special christmas according decision episode cbs prime time special came later crew heard news said classic christmas specials like christmas air channel included line far home media releases christmas released dvd compilation october canada november united_states dvd features exclusive content including scenes making special interviews cast crew pre color log initial announcement dvd release stated contain christmas specials fairly bonus features dropped actual release blu ray release announced cancelled week unknown reasons july announced blu ray released october christmas released digital download october featuring minutes exclusive scenes footage sing version don christmas march christmas season episodes released complete eighth season dvd reception ratings original airing cbs november episode viewed estimated million households received nielsen rating share adults ages december saturday airing episode nickelodeon drew million viewers making special win time period television posted strong double digit gains year kids million kids million teens million adults million nickelodeon closed week watched net total day kids total viewers million united_kingdom viewers watched episode viewers watched broadcast broadcast canada received viewers 23rd highest week canadian television spain premiere december received viewers making 44th highest broadcast day critical reception special episode received positive reviews media critics review los_angeles_times wrote felt watching ended ready leave new_york_daily_news wrote want dream yellow christmas zack_handlen called episode cute goofy doesn mean bone body said animators perfectly captured look feel delightful old stop motion specials judge dvd verdict called episode sweet holiday treat punctuated musical numbers leave smiling added looking new holiday viewing christmas definitely worthy consideration dvd talk applauded episode doubts classic watched season director said hopefully new tradition review review mixed positive gave episode score wrote disagree animator choices christmas special treat criticized characters especially use foam create characters way depicted saying looks like pig liver spots animators responded comment interpretation saying definitely wanted element scary aspects story explained idea making look tired strange came saw drawing said thought great idea came little story bikini stop santa tired wants home shoes old descriptions santa old pictured necessarily directly human accolades merchandise book based episode released september book published
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