Merry Christmas!

In the same tradition as every media outlet today, here's wishing you a Merry Christmas, the glad tidings, decked halls and so on and so forth! For the final time this season I've posted my holiday special, We Two Kings for you to enjoy. Have an amazing Christmas Day everyone!

Santa Claus Comes Tonight

And just like that all the waiting is over - it's time! From a series of early attempts at claymation in 2001, I thought it would be fitting to share Clumsy Claus one more time this season.  My old claymations (especially) feel very nostalgic and reminiscent of a time that I desperately wanted to teach myself how to do stop motion.  The movement is rough and obviously flawed, but as I've grown older I've learned to appreciate my past work more and more for what it represents - a willingness and ambition to stretch my creative boundaries.  They're fond memories of a simpler time, as the saying goes.

Who doesn't like campy Christmas animations anyway?  Soak up the holiday cheer, Santa Claus comes tonight.  Have a great Christmas Eve everyone!

In the Spirit of Giving, Christmas Morning

If you happen to be one of the those people who's still scrambling to buy those last minute gifts, I'm sorry, but that's unacceptable *sarcasm*. What ever happened to making your gifts? Showing a bit of personality and heart with something unique and original - something I'm sure your Mom or Dad would enjoy . . . they would enjoy that, right??

No matter what you're giving we're taught that it's the thought that counts - the thought - not the price point . . . although somehow that does reflect the thought of how generous you wanted to be or how much you felt that person deserved what you were giving. We all know deep down that it's the people we spend the holidays with that make the biggest impact. Good or bad, some gifts have a way of making us show our true colors.

Children should really know better though shouldn't they . . .