"…and Firestrike just… jumps in, and digs like crazy, and comes out with something in her mouth mumbling 'is this it?' and I want to tell her 'No, I just need scissors to cut the ribbon!', but as soon as I get to 'No,' she's already back in the box, and out, with some fresh piece I've never seen. And before you know it, I'm enjoying it, like it's a game! Just think about a moment like that you would be missing if it weren't for your friends!"

Commission for xBeautifulDreamerx, bringing festive mood with Cuddlebug, 3vilpyro's Firestrike, and Khimi-chan's Polly.

EDIT: Now with more ugly, yet warm and cuddly, sweaters!

Now on tumblr

Technical
Still image created with inkscape.
The animations were made and exported with aniGen.
Exported with Adasek's SVGRender. Since new Firefox seems to disagree with it, I'm using an old version 11.0.

More ponies than usual, and the initial idea for the scene being rather cramped led to some issues with composition. And I'm not that used to vectoring ponies from behind, I'm afraid. (I know, weird.)

You too can make animations with AniGen

Links
Original SVG (valid)

As always, I appreciate any comments, criticisms and discussions in the comments.