Steamin’ hot off the DreamWorks Animation press comes the following synopsis for The Madagascar Penguins in A Christmas Caper the short feature playing with this Friday’s release of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and directed by none other than Beauty and the Beast’s Gary Trousdale:

THE MADAGASCAR PENGUINS IN
A CHRISTMAS CAPER

     It’s Christmastime in the city, and all of the animals at the Central Park Zoo are in the holiday spirit. The Penguins have decked the halls and are dreaming of a black and white Christmas, when the young Private notices that the Polar Bear is all alone with no one to share the holiday. Surrounded by his own “family,” the littlest Penguin is determined that no one should spend Christmas alone and comes up with his own plan to bring a little Christmas cheer to his fellow zooster. Sneaking out of the zoo, the Private heads to the big city to do a little last-minute Christmas shopping for his friend.
     When the other Penguins—Skipper, Kowalski and Rico—discover the Private missing, they form up and head out on a rescue mission to Save Private Penguin…and not a minute too soon. Instead of buying a present, the Private has become one, and now finds himself stuffed in a stocking. If his fellow Penguins don’t get there in time, the Private will be mincemeat come Christmas morning.
     DreamWorks Animation’s A Christmas Caper was directed by Gary Trousdale, the director of such acclaimed animated features as Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Teresa Cheng and Mark Swift produced the mini-movie, with Mireille Soria serving as executive producer. The screenplay is by Michael Lachance. Tom McGrath, who was the inspiration behind the Madagascar Penguins, served as a creative consultant, along with Eric Darnell. McGrath and Darnell directed the hit animated feature Madagascar.