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It is the first television special featuring the character Frosty the Snowman. The special first aired on December 7, , on the CBS television network in the United States, airing immediately after the fifth showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas , [ 1 ] both scoring high ratings. After 55 years, NBC acquired the broadcast rights to the special, and continues to air it yearly.

The special was based on the Walter E. Rollins and Steve Nelson song of the same name. Arthur Rankin Jr. Durante was one of the first people to record the song when it was released in though at the time the song had slightly different lyrics , and re-recorded the song for the special. The narrator talks about the Christmas holiday season and about the magic of Christmas snow that occurred one day.

It all started at a schoolhouse on Christmas Eve where inept magician Professor Hinkle unsuccessfully performs his tricks during a Christmas party. Disgraced and ridiculed by the children, Professor Hinkle throws his top hat away.

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Upon being dismissed, the children go outside to play in the snow and build a snowman they eventually name "Frosty" after some debate. Professor Hinkle chases his rabbit Hocus Pocus, who has absconded with his hat. The hat is blown off by the wind and caught by Karen, a student who puts it on Frosty's head and brings him to life. Hinkle realizes the hat is actually magic and sees this as a chance to become "a millionaire magician".

Hinkle reclaims the hat when it gets blown off and ignores their protests that he did not want it anymore. He also dismisses the children's claim that Frosty came to life. Later, Hocus switches the hat with a Christmas wreath and brings it back to the children.