Frosty the Snowman (Jackie Vernon). He's a jolly happy soul, with a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal...but you probably knew that already. Since first debuting in 1969 ...

“Frosty the Snowman,” the beloved animated holiday classic, airs tonight at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC. The show follows the iconic cartoon adaptation of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

We drove past on our way to the rink, picked up the rest of our people and circled back for one final look at Frosty. Sure enough, the man was gone, but there was the snowman, smiling happily and ...