In 2002, Aardman Animations produced a series of short episodes called Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions. In each episode, Wallace unveils a new invention, which Gromit then has to deal with. For the holiday season, Aardman has packaged a few of these short shorts into this compilation, Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas, free to watch on YouTube.You can watch a longer compilation of (I believe) all of the episodes here.Aardman even produced a new episode this year, in the form of a clothing commercial:I hadn’t seen most of these before; I legit laughed out loud several times while watching.See also: Nick Park demonstrates how to draw Gromit. Tags: Aardman Animations · advertising · animation · Christmas · holidays · stop motion · TV · video · Wallace and Gromit 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →