Ohio-based artist Ty Halley recently released a 30-second holiday adventure featuring a cat and a spiteful snowman. He called this Flash-aniamted piece Snow Kitty Adventure:

Lindsay Small-Butera, one half of the Baman Piderman team, has placed a new holiday animation under our Christmas tree. Its the holiday card from Hero 4 Hire Creative, which she co-directed along with Dan Flynn, and they used Flash for most everything you’ll see, and After Effects for post production. Mike Nordstrom Alex Small-Butera helped on the animation front. You can read more about the production effort over on her tumblr.

Anthony Houde has crafted a toxic holiday short set against a shredding guitar and a cautionary tale for undeserving brats. Houde animated Attack of the Chinese Poison Toys in an isometric format, giving it a unique look and feel.

Here in the ol’ US of A, we’re gearing up for Thursday’s Thanksgiving feast. While we await our belly stuffing, enjoy this Flash-animated Thanksgiving video titled The Pilgrim Song from JibJab. This new Sendables music video was designed and directed by Romney Caswell while Stephen Herczeg, a summer employee from CalArts, handled the character animation. You can replace all of the question-mark-heads with your own photos if you sign up for Sendables over at JibJab, where a subscription is just a buck a month.

Remember last year’s post about High Kittie? It’s Gary Doodles’ completely cracked-out series, and episode two was released this week. It’s even more insane this time around, and the episode is so tightly-wound that you probably need a couple viewings to sort it all out. Here’s the Christmas-themed episode – You Log.