Over at Lineboil.com, we already kicked off the holiday season with the Top 10 Christmas Animations, so it’s time we get our act together here at CHF. We present to you the first big batch of Flash-animated holiday fun. If you haven’t submitted yours yet – get crackin!

First, the Happy Tree Friends remind us that no celebration is safe when Lumpy the moose in the kitchen. This episode is titled Kitchen Kringle.

Trevor Van Meter (Crappy Cat) created this “monstrous” Seasonal Short along with 4realdough.

Joe Cartoon redefines “Ho ho ho” in his holiday short titled Santa Hoe!

The Brothers McLeod unveiled this short holiday music video for NellerDavies.com.

Joe Corrao shares his holiday with the Lil’ Ratskulz over at his 4eyedaniamtion.com site. You can also see his teaser for that project here.

And Plexipixel created a game based on their 2007 Flash animated holiday card. It’s caled Twilight Pixie Glide.

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Mark Gervais (Hallowindow), passed me this link for an interactive holiday treat.

Fort Lauderdale-based comedian Lisa Corrao went searching for an animator to bring one of her comedy routines to life. What are the odds that she’d partner up with an animator who shares her same last name – Joe Corrao? Lisa, who was runner up in the Nick at Nite Funniest Mom in America contest, isn’t related to Joe – scout’s honor.

As part of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, The Sundance Channel is hosting an online animation competition called Greenimation, which challenged artists to use environmental issues in their work. The winner of the competition is awarded a series, so vote early and often (you can vote once a day).

Animax Entertainment submitted a Flash-animated short titled Meet the Banes, who aren’t exactly the poster-family for environmental conciousness. If you listen closely, you’ll hear the vocal stylings of Dave Thomas, and actor your might recall from Strange Brew, SCTV and Arrested Development. Thomas is also a founder of Animax Entertainment.

Other Flash-animed work in competition is Joe Corrao’s entry titled Going Green, or Else and Bob Fox’s buddy short titled Breakfast (I think it’s in Flash).

Joe Corrao, a Flash-animator who has been hard at work since the dawn of the medium, has released his 2006 holiday card.

Joe’s been featured here recently for his new series Lil Ratskulz, for which he released a pilot episode.

Joe Corrao, a pioneer in online animation, became known for his ‘Sluggy and Poppo‘ series by way of Wired.com’s Animation Express (R.I.P.). An illustrator by trade, Corrao has worked out of both San Francisco and Brooklyn while continuing to develop his original series. Through his 4 Eyed Animation company, he recently released a new project called ‘Lil Ratskulz.’ The pilot is available on his website, and he’s already put another in the pipeline.