[1] The Snowman and the Snowdog is dedicated to John Coates (the film's producer, who died in September 2012) and features a new song called "Light the Night" by Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows.

At the party, they enter a downhill race against numerous snowmen competitors and a skiing penguin, which Billy and the snowdog win via a sled.

The 24-minute film, which took nearly two years to complete, cost £2 million to produce and, like the original movie, was created from over 200,000 hand drawn images.

[4] While the film was primarily hand drawn, CGI was used to add digital falling snow and lighting effects.

[7] Reluctant to have the original The Snowman produced into a short film, Raymond Briggs was quoted to have said that "it took a lot of persuasion to allow the sequel to be made."

Although Briggs was not himself responsible for the story of the new animation, the sequel could not have taken place without his permission as he owns the rights to the original characters and premise.

[8] The Snowman and the Snowdog was heavily promoted in the weeks leading to its original broadcast, mostly by Channel 4, but also by other companies such as Nationwide.

[9][10] When the film was broadcast on Channel 4, on 24 December 2012, writing in The Guardian, Sam Wollaston praised the animation, but criticised the numerous similarities to the original plot.