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* Why did Mr. Twitchell decide to call his spray-the-snow-away product "Summer Wheeze"?
** Maybe it made that sound at some point? Or he thought it would be a 'wheeze to use'? Or a play off of "Summer breeze"?
** He probably thought it would sound more memorable. He was determined to be remembered for his product, and some other name might not have stuck out as much as he would have liked it to. Either that or some poor sap in marketing got worked to the hilt to come up with it.
* How can Frosty now live without his top hat? In earlier specials, whenever his hat was removed he became as an ordinary inanimate snowman. Yet in this special, he can take his hat off and nothing happens to him.
** A simple ContinuitySnarl perhaps, but let's not forget that Crystal's kiss of love allowed Frosty to live without the hat. Then again, the next sequel after that did revert him right back to old habits, so perhaps it was temporary.
** This is probably a different continuity, given all the various differences and no input from anyone at Rankin/Bass. So different rules.
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** I always was under impression that by saying this he meant "I'm alive!". Plus, him not knowing what certain sentences mean [[GoodIsDumb suits his personality]].
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* For that matter, how can Frosty know what a thermometer is when he doesn't know what a traffic light or a lamppost are? Does being made of snow give him innate knowledge of temperature-related things, but nothing else?
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** This is probably a different continuity, given all the various differences and no input from anyone at Rankin/Bass. So different rules.
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** Father Christmas does say the threat to Hinkle, and Hinkle '''''does''''' say that he relied on Christmas presents to make a living.
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* Many remember the scene where Professor Hinkle is told by Santa that he has to write an apology "a hundred zillion times" to receive any goods, but the dialogue originally began as a threat that if he touches the hat he'll never receive another Christmas present again. Hinkle then names examples of things he would want. If there was continuity to the discussion, after he said that he had to make a living too, Santa would have said something like "Well you'd better not touch that hat, then".
** Santa specifically says that if Hinkle writes the apology, he'll find something in his stocking ''tomorrow morning''. So maybe the apology was just for if he wanted presents that specific year. He certainly had done enough to make it onto the naughty list.
* Why does Frosty always say "Happy Birthday" when he gains consciousness? Whose birthday does he think it is? He can't be referring to himself, you don't say "happy birthday" when it's your own birthday!

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* Why did Mr. Twitchell decide to call his spray-the-snow-away product "Summer [[UnfortunateName Wheeze]]"?

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* Why did Mr. Twitchell decide to call his spray-the-snow-away product "Summer [[UnfortunateName Wheeze]]"?Wheeze"?
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** He is made of a cold substance. He's an idiot at this point, but he does know enough to at least get by alright.
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* If Frosty doesn't know about things like traffic lights or how to count, how does he know that Karen sneezing means she's cold?
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** He was bound to notice his hat was missing sooner or later (Hocus Pocus did replace it with a wreath after all). Plus, Frosty and the kids did make a pretty big scene when parading through town, and nobody wouldn't have noticed a talking snowman walking in the middle of the street. If anything, the townsfolk would have been talking about it nonstop, and an already incensed Hinkle would have learned about what happened to his prized hat. Since the weather was starting to get warmer, and since the kids were scene taking Frosty up towards the train station, he would have put two and two together and ran after them. It just took him longer to realize this seeing as he is a major idiot.


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** He probably thought it would sound more memorable. He was determined to be remembered for his product, and some other name might not have stuck out as much as he would have liked it to. Either that or some poor sap in marketing got worked to the hilt to come up with it.


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** A simple ContinuitySnarl perhaps, but let's not forget that Crystal's kiss of love allowed Frosty to live without the hat. Then again, the next sequel after that did revert him right back to old habits, so perhaps it was temporary.
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** Apparently in the ‘60s and prior, some schools would have class on Christmas Eve - usually just a half day - with Christmas Day itself as the start of winter vacation.
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* How can Frosty now live without his top hat? In earlier specials, whenever his hat was removed he became as an ordinary inanimate snowman. Yet in this special, he can take his hat off and nothing happens to him.
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* How did Hinkle catch up to Frosty and the kids at the train station? For that matter, how'd he know they'd even be there?

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** Makeup days from heavy September rains, that the school decided not to do at the end of the school year?



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[[/folder]]** Maybe it made that sound at some point? Or he thought it would be a 'wheeze to use'? Or a play off of "Summer breeze"?
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* Why are the kids in school on Christmas Eve?
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* Why did Mr. Twitchell decide to call his spray-the-snow-away product "Summer [[UnfortunateName Wheeze]]"?
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