As I understand it the song "Rudolf the Red Nosed Raindeer" was written for and recorded by Gene Autry in the 30's ("Frosty the Snowman" was written the following year specifically as a follow up on the success of "Rudolf...") and the Animation came out in 1966 as a special here in the US and became an instant classic among the kids. Now this is trivia I heard on tv within the last couple of weeks and nothing I verified with research. Oddly enough as with before ... "Frosty ..." came out the following year again as a tack-on to "Rudolf ..." with other similar animations that followed.

Boni

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