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When you think about South Park, it's amazing that the show isn't the cutting-edge new kid on the block anymore. I mean, it seems like just yesterday when people were up in arms over what Stan, Cartman, Kenny, and Kyle had to say on a weekly basis. I guess, after all these years, a show that features Jesus Christ, Tom Cruise, Saddam Hussain, John Travolta, and Charles Manson is now mainstream TV. After a ton of push-the-envelope episodes, and dialogue and subject matter that would make your mother wet herself, Trey Parker and Matt Stone decided to take a page from The Simpsons and deliver a few Christmas episodes along the way to get fans geared up for the holidays. The funny is... Christmas in South Park looks more like the Burning Man festival hosted by a piece of sh*t than a winter wonderland with Santa Claus.

Mr. Hanke and the first South Park Christmas ep, Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo still holds up after 10 years and 11 seasons. Leave it to Parker and Stone to usher in the Christmas spirit in the most unconvential way ever after Kyle drops a load in the toilet, giving birth to a talking piece of crap called Mr. Hankey. As we learned, Kyle is Jewish and can't celebrate Christmas, so Mr. Henke becomes the vehicle to show Kyle the true meaning of Christmas. Brilliant! If you're a hardcore fan of toilet humor, you're in luck... Mr. Hanke appears in 4 out of the 7 episodes.
Uh... what features? We could only find worthless lumps of digital coal. Not even a TV spot.
Over the years, South Park really hasn't changed its spots at all. Even when the holidays roll around, you always know what you in for. The Christmas episodes are a lot like taking a crap in an outhouse while reading the hilarious comic panels in a Holiday issue of Hustler magazine.
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