How South Park Was Born: An Oral History of 'The Spirit of Christmas

It’s the video that went viral before going viral was a thing: Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s “The Spirit of Christmas,” two raunchy animated shorts created with construction-paper cutouts that led to Comedy Central’s South Park. Here’s the story of how a pre- sensation—and the 18-year-old hit—were born.

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