Matt Stone describe as "The Year from Hell"), Parker, Stone and the show's other writers were completely drained of ideas. The staff tried to come up with an idea, but nothing came up through Thursday and Friday which is considered a huge drawback with South Park's rushed production. On Saturday afternoon the staff decided to just do the idea of parodying John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together holiday special, which had been in gestation for some time. The critters participate in Satanic behavior like the possessed crew of the 1997 movie Event Horizon, which also inspired Stone and Parker to create the characters. With some doubt, the show developed into an episode involving a rhyming narration and ending with it being a story by Cartman. The episode was also in the style of Christmas stories such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Home media "Woodland Critter Christmas", along with the thirteen other episodes from South Park'''s 8th season, were released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on August 29, 2006. The sets included brief audio commentaries by Parker and Stone for each episode. IGN gave the season a 9/10. On November 13, 2007, the episode was released on the compilation DVD Christmas Time In South Park. The episode is also included as a bonus on the DVD for the standalone film Imaginationland: The Movie''. References External links "Woodland Critter Christmas" Full episode at South Park Studios 2004 American television episodes Television episodes about abortion American Christmas television episodes Fiction about the Devil Fictional depictions of the Antichrist Santa Claus in television Television episodes about Satanism South Park (season 8) episodes Television episodes about demonic possession Talking animals in fiction Television episodes about murder Horror television episodes