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Submitted: September 27, 2007
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~lolnyny Mar 17, 2013

@02:04Omg! I love this video, I love the idea!!! Beautiful!

~lolnyny Mar 17, 2013

@00:20The pole star!!!!

!imisshome Feb 17, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

@01:31@00:31 its so ...amazing../strange.. to see santa claus and jesus together..

~esnym Jan 28, 2013 Digital Artist

@01:56I haven't cried for years. Until now.

I'm not even that religious but... my God, this was so sad and... poignant.

~Inner-sakura-cosplay May 16, 2012

@02:10This animation just gave me a little hope for humanity. It was beauitfully done. Although when I saw the Moose I honestly thought "Canadian" lol. Now I have an inside joke now yay.

!zoozoo9012 May 8, 2012

@02:12friggin' beautiful. Just... beautiful.

~redwolfyami Apr 3, 2012

@02:02so nice.. i like it so much!!!

~LoulouVZ Mar 31, 2012

@01:44amazing

*GlassCatfish Mar 30, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

@02:08Beautiful. I don't associate myself with any religion, but this is still an incredible piece.. a wonderful work of art with a touching story.

~z0mbi3-g1rl1337 Mar 28, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

@01:34This is so brilliantly, simplistically perfect 0_o

~Superfreexa Dec 28, 2011

@00:01Fantastic...
So touching

!ashflammiganhawk Aug 23, 2011 Student General Artist

@01:25.....

Words cannot describe, but this is brilliant.

!animeotaku113480 Jun 27, 2011 Hobbyist Artist

@00:23Cool! don't they play that piano song in Full Metal Alchemist?

!MuffinOfLife Mar 19, 2011

@01:07hey! he has eyes naow

!MuffinOfLife Mar 19, 2011

@00:39do want!

~Celtmusic Mar 13, 2011

@00:12Wow, it's very very beautiful...

!jemadona Dec 29, 2010 Student

@01:271:25 <-- I ALWAYS tear up at this part. Always. ;_;

~Sugar-IceCream Nov 16, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

@00:17OH SNAP HE GOT A STAR YAY.

~Sunstar-Pwns Nov 14, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

@04:59Beautiful! Very touching!

~HappyShadow Oct 15, 2010

@01:11SHARINGAN!

~Eliza-1985 Sep 3, 2010

@04:23Awww~ so sad, but I enjoyed it.

~chibi-esque Jun 15, 2010

@01:05GLOWING BABY

~chibi-esque Jun 15, 2010

@00:57ninjutsu!

~chibi-esque Jun 15, 2010

@00:33coming to see baby jesus ~

~chibi-esque Jun 15, 2010

@00:26could it be that annoying fairy from legend of zelda?

*Light-Shifter May 1, 2010 Student Digital Artist

@01:57what A great idea...This is a very powerful animation

~Kiriko-Tan Mar 11, 2010

@01:40beautiful, even for me, a non-religious person.

~Senoj-Ados Dec 11, 2009

@01:21Kagemane no Jutsu!!

!Samedi-mai Dec 2, 2009 Student Digital Artist

@00:53So beautiful, I cried in the end with happiness and adoration! ;u; You truly are talented! ;u;

~Just-iceo9 Nov 23, 2009

@01:52So beautiful,but so sad.I could write on how much I liked it, but others have done that already.

~LER92 Sep 11, 2009

@00:32awesome....

~RakuHund Aug 8, 2009

@00:55i wasnt aware santa could teleport, thankyou for alerting me of this

~Nagusame Jul 9, 2009

@01:17so sad!
makes me cry ,
but is so beautiful too.

!lichiTree Jul 8, 2009

@01:20oh no, he's crying ;___;

!lichiTree Jul 8, 2009

@00:49Oh, my because of this I'm in X-mas mood now

I want winter ^-^

Great film ^^

!lichiTree Jul 8, 2009

@00:27the music is so lovely

~BardofZelica Jul 8, 2009 Writer

@01:13This was one of my favorite stories as a child...

~Pterux Jul 7, 2009

@00:03This is... so beautiful.
Thank you so much for this.

~kawaiinekodesunee May 3, 2009

@00:42this film made me cry!

~KingOfLies Jan 29, 2009

Oh okay I guess that makes sense.

~mudkipofpower Nov 30, 2008 Student General Artist

@00:47this is incredible!

~Antlion-Cake Sep 8, 2008

@00:36;_;

!DarknessBender Aug 5, 2008

@01:45Increible!!!!!
A ti te entrego todos mis respetos

~kikidori Mar 22, 2010

@01:37poor Jesus.=//

this is realy awesome!

~LoveLaurenX Dec 20, 2007

@00:06Wonderful! The artwork, music, and just overall presentation of it was terrific. I love it.

~o03 Dec 3, 2007

@01:01It's so beautifulll~

i cried~ ;* poor jesus~

~Hikagi Feb 1, 2008

@00:09Yeah, I realized that about two seconds after posting the annotation. I had a book opened to Beethoven's piece, and got the titles mixed up when I commented...

Gift of Ages -Prerendered Ver.by `JohnSu

Film & Animation / Animation / 2D / Drama

Here's to a happy film launch!

They're essentially the same - this one is probably more ideal for people whose computers don't handle Flash well.

P.S - please feel free to share this as you see fit

Here's a copy of the description from the original flash version:

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Gift of Ages is an animation I made in about a week and a half for my church's Christmas program.

Ah, there's so much to say about this one, but I somehow feel that explaining it will make it weaker. I should hope that the piece is strong enough to stand on its own without my having to prop it up with words.

And so for some of you I might have ruined Christmas. But to everyone else, I hope you've enjoyed this presentation and that it brings new meaning to the secular symbols we see annually.

Programs used: Flash 8, openCanvas, 3D Studio Max, and Sound Forge. All 3D work was done by my brother Brian (thanks!), and the music is Chopin's Etude in E major Op.10 No.3.
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Daily Deviation

Given 2007-12-07

Gift of Ages -Prerendered Ver. brilliantly animated by *JohnSu shows a passionate and very personal vision of Christmas. Be open minded and enjoy it for pure expression. ( Suggested by =Yunimori and Featured by `Marker-Guru )