Most Christmases, I'm too busy with my family to even check Newgrounds on Christmas Day, but I'm letting them sleep in this year, so Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you, too! I have also been told that this year, the first day of Hannukah also falls on the 25th, so Happy Hannukah for those who celebrate it, as well!

I don't know if it was intentional or planned in any way, but I am particularly grateful this Christmas for the sheer amount of top-notch indie animations I've been seeing this past month on both Newgrounds and YouTube--whether it was the excellent 4th episode of Monkey Wrench (currently my favorite indie cartoon of them all right now--please support the show!), the equally-excellent and too-relatable 4th episode of The Amazing Digital Circus, excellent music videos from Miles John and Chris O'Neill/Zoukeau, or all sorts of other amusing indie efforts that I can't remember at this moment, I was eating GOOD this December and all this quality entertainment genuinely did wonders at keeping my usual seasonal depression away this year! I even managed to squeeze in one more short, experimental cartoon myself (Pibbles the Panda Eats a Lemon) to bring my total self-made Movie Portal submissions this year to a record 6 animations!

I'll go into it a bit in my New Year's Eve post later, but despite certain anxieties about real-world issues that are out of my control (and frankly irrelevant to this art- and animation-website), this past year has been a much-needed turning point for me and my art efforts, finally being a bit more focused in my studies (recognizing I can't truly be great at any part of the animation process unless I picked a specialty and stuck with it for at least an entire year) and I have some promising and hilarious new cartoons in the pipeline for you to enjoy throughout 2025. Now that I FINALLY have a consistent workflow and art style, I might even start work on a longer, more-ambitious video (at least 3-5 minutes long, with multiple backgrounds and characters) this next year! Hope your "TikTok"-length attention spans can handle the longer video lengths, and Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good night!