A snowman who was built by a young boy and his parents in their front yard of a house in Chicago, Illinois, though he now resides in the North Pole with his friend Hatcher. The day of his being built was none other than Christmas Eve, and that night, when Santa Claus’s sleigh passed over the town, his magic fell on Shivers and brought him to life. Shortly after that, Shivers met Hatcher, and they became constant

An Adélie penguin who was born in a zoo in Chicago, Illinois. After growing bored of life in that zoo, he escaped it and went on to make another life, and along the way he met Shivers and they became the best of buds. Hatcher is surely the smarter of the two buds, and often does get annoyed with his best friend’s brainlessness and tendency to get into trouble, though he would never abandon his friend for anything and is always there to bail him out of

living with a brainless snowman, but he also shows an excited side to him, particularly when it comes to a penguin’s favorite food:

fish.

A rockhopper penguin who’s a good friend of Shivers and Hatcher. He was born with a desire to see the world, and as a result became an explorer. He went to the North Pole to see what it was like there and how different it was from a penguin’s real home, the South Pole, and there he met Shivers and Hatcher and became a good

A snowwoman who lives in the North Pole, and Shivers’s love interest. It’s not known how she was built, but what is known is that she has a heart of gold and returns Shivers’s affections. She can’t stand to see anyone in trouble or pain, and like Shivers loves life and is pretty much always happy. Surprisingly, even though she also has no brain, she actually shows a few more smarts than Shivers.

shipped her north instead. She can be cynical, more so than Hatcher, but she does display bits of affection for him.