Stoned for Christmas

Stoned for Christmas is a collaboration with artists all over the world, each chosen for their unique artistic style and their ability to bend traditional narrative form. Built like a blunt rotation, Stoned for Christmas cycles through a weed courier’s night of deliveries with each vignette in a different style of animation. The result is a delightfully surrealist trip, one that represents the chaos of NYC, the ups and downs of a high, and the unique unpredictability of navigating the world while trans.

Stoned for Christmas holds a funhouse mirror up to director Morgan Young’s experience living in NYC. They moved to the city with a brand new Ohio license and a TV production assistant job that required daily driving – mostly deliveries. Navigating new streets, new gigs, and the new cast of any city block, Morgan was equal parts tickled and buffeted by the adventure.

Over the years, they cultivated a supportive community of queer stoners (of which, in NYC, there are countless); little lighthouses in an anonymous sea. These familiar faces supported them through many transitions; from production assistant to producer, from shifting pronouns to second puberty. Sprouted from NYC’s chaotic, queer, stoner soil, Stoned for Christmas is an appropriately experimental celebration of huge cities, community, and weed.

“Morgan Young crafts a wildly creative and visually dynamic experience with Stoned for Christmas…”
“Stoned for Christmas is a vibrant, high-energy animation that fully embraces its concept, delivering a uniquely enjoyable holiday adventure.”
- The New York Short Animation Festival
“…a kaleidoscopic animated short that combines weed culture, queer joy, and visual experimentation in one irreverent, emotionally resonant package.”
“…community, animation, and a love for the absurd [come] together to tell a story that’s as heartfelt as it is hilarious.”
- Universal Cinema
“I was reminded of Vera Drew’s brilliant The People’s Joker…because they both share a kaleidoscopic approach. Whereas The People’s Joker tends towards the dark vibes of Gotham City, Stoned for Christmas ends with the hopefulness of a 60s era animated Christmas special.”
- Universal Cinema