The production company (which is no longer in business) created more than 45 movies between 1964 and 1985, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and The Little Drummer Boy.

From Popeye, to Frosty the Snowman, even Santa Clause in “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” all featured pipes. But the tradition of smoking a pipe wasn’t always fiction. “When you’ve ...

Frosty the Snowman is one of the many holiday classics by Rankin/Bass—the same animation icon behind Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Year Without a Santa Claus, and more. Still, Frosty the ...