Just in time for the holidays, I have a few questions surrounding the Rankin/Bass "AniMagic" specials that helped shape my childhood:

If this troubled elf's name is Hermey, why does everyone call him "Herbie?"

What exactly was the problem that made this doll a "misfit?"

And if Snow Miser and Heat Miser are both Mother Natures' sons, why does Snow Miser refer to Heat Miser as his "step-brother?" They would be half-brothers, no? And what kind of marriage / divorce sequence went on there?