The Spirit of Christmas
You might remember it as Jesus vs Santa, South Park short film
The archive has not found a surviving copy.
1995·Early web, before YouTube
Widely described as the first video to go viral by digital copying, and the seed of South Park.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- Jesus vs Santa
- Spread in
- 1995
- Began as
- Something that happened offline
- Where it started
- physical
- Format
- Event
- Origin
- Not an upload originally
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
This happened away from the internet before anybody put it online. Originally published on physical.
Where it came fromWhat we know
There is no original upload to identify: this did not begin as one. There is no copy of it here either — what it was, when it appeared and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first publication of this Moment, because the first publication was not an upload. This happened away from the internet before anybody put it online. Originally published on physical.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.