TOM KENNY is bringing holiday cheer to a place he loves: a pineapple under the sea. Known as the voice of bubbly cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants, Kenny stars in Nickelodeon's new holiday special It's a SpongeBob Christmas, airing December 9. The episode illustrates Bikini Bottom in stop-motion. Each scene is made up of individual photographs, which are put together to create moving images. Kenny came up with the story idea. "I love watching cartoons," he told TFK Kid Reporter Adriana Palmieri. "I call it job research." For more, go to timeforkids.com/spongebob.

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