Classic Christmas Songs by Mr. Hankey

Mr. Hankey appears as the “lead” in the episode; he sits in a house by the fireplace and presents each of the songs performed. The episode is dedicated to the memory of Mary Kay Bergman , voiced in the series of female characters, who committed suicide about a month before the episode.

The following songs sound in the episode (either of their own composition, or traditional, often with slightly modified words):

• Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo . It is performed by the postman, which was copied from the Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Christmas host (originally voiced by Fred Astaire ). Also involved are children, none of whom are permanent characters in the series.
• Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel. The Hanukkah song is performed by Kyle , Ike , Sheila and Gerald Broflovsky along with Stan Marsh and Eric Cartman .
• O Tannenbaum performed by Adolf Hitler .
• Christmas Time In Hell. Performed by Satan and the inhabitants of Hell , including John F. Kennedy , Princess Diana and Jeffrey Damer .
• Carol of the Bells performed by Mr. Mackey .
• O Holy Night performed by Eric Cartman .
• Merry Fucking Christmas performed by Mr. Harrison .
• I Saw Three Ships performed by Shelly Marsh .
• Potpourri performed by Santa and Jesus :
  • Joy to the world
  • Up on the house top
  • Away in a manger
  • O Come All Ye Faithful
  • Hark! The herald angels sing
  • Silent night
  • Rio
  • Let it snow
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas performed by Mr. Hankey and other characters.

Despite the fact that the episode includes clips of Christmas songs performed by different characters in different settings, Kenny dies in it anyway. During the last song, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, four boys sing: “Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow” ( Rus. We will be together for many years, if fate allows ), and this a moment a decorated chandelier falls on Kenny and kills him. For a few seconds, the boys look shocked, but nevertheless the song continues, and in the future no one mentions the dead. During the ending of the song, it is noticeable how the rats eat Kenny's corpse.

In this episode, for the first time, apart from the short film "The Spirit of Christmas ", Santa appears.

The disc associated with the episode was released about a week before the episode was released - November 23, 1999. It included all the songs sounded in the series, except for the potpourri performed by Santa and Jesus, which was not included on the disc due to copyright difficulties for the songs included in it. In addition, the disc included songs performed by the characters of the series, but not heard in any episode, as well as songs from several earlier episodes of the South Park.

In the Russian Federation, in the conclusions of the Expert Conclusion made on request of July 11, 2008, the Law Firm of Professor M. Kuznetsov of the Moscow City College of Advocates, the content of the cartoon "Christmas Songs from Mr. Govnyashki" from the series "South Park" said ^[1] :

There are all necessary and sufficient grounds for evaluating the cartoon "Christmas Songs from Mr. Govnyashka" as degrading human dignity on the basis of religion and insulting the religious feelings of believers (Christians, Muslims, Judaists, and also to a lesser extent - Buddhists and representatives of other religions) as an inciting religious hatred.

The study of the cartoon presented allows us to conclude that its main goal and the defining essence of its plot, as well as the main purpose of its creation and public demonstration, in this case, the demonstration of the TV program “TV Channel 2x2 Moscow” (CJSC TV Channel 2x2), is purposeful incitement of religious hatred and enmity through sophisticated mockery, abuse of believing Christians, Muslims and Judaists, cynical insult to their religious feelings, cruel humiliation of honor and dignity believers of these religions on a religious basis, dysphoric ridicule and malicious mockery of sacred or religiously significant for believers of these religions, the formation of defamatory, false image of these religions, their traditions and their believers.

The conclusion was signed by:

• The Chairman of the Commission is the chief specialist of the Department of Education of the City of Moscow A. Yu. Soloviev.
• Doctor of Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Administration, Legal Support of State and Municipal Service of the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia I.V. Ponkin.
• Candidate of Philological Sciences, member of the Union of Writers of Russia A. S. Melkov.
• Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Center for Psychological and Pedagogical Rehabilitation and Correction "Yasenevo" of the South-West Department of Education of the Department of Education of the City of Moscow EA A. Ekzhanova.
• Professor of the Department of Psychology, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Social Psychology of the Russian State Social University E. G. Silyaeva.

• "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics ”at South Park Studios
• Script of the series "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics »
• " Classic Christmas Songs by Mr. Hankey ” on the Internet Movie Database