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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, a needle-felted stop-motion music video

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Tiny felted cookies. Tiny felted stockings. Tiny woven winter sweaters. Itty bitty lights and paper garlands. A cozy glowing fire made from fluffy textiles and light.

Based on concepts by illustrator and co-director Phoebe Wahl, stop-motion animator Andrea Love makes the holiday season come alive with these heartfelt needle-felted scenes for Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, a music video for Ingrid Michaelson and Zooey Deschanel. (They’re the ice skating mice.)

Decorating for the holidays
Baking cookies
Ice skating outdoors
Go behind the scenes of this music video at Hello Hornet.

Watch more feel-good holiday music videos next:
To Give a Present by Kirsten Lepore for Yo Gabba Gabba
• Linus and Lucy, a Ska-lliday Cover
• Katie Melua’s Perfect World, a wintry adventure
• Christmas Morning, a Jack Savoretti music video by Karni and Saul

And, of course, there’s more stop-motion by Andrea Love.

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