Christmas Wishes (1 of 3)

**Christmas Wishes (1 of 3)** is the first episode of the Christmas Wishes animation series in SapphireFoxx. It was released on December 17, 2022.

## Synopsis

*“A homeless man gets much more than he bargained for on Christmas Eve.”*

### Additional Info

Surprisingly we’ve never done a Christmas themed animation in our ten years. Well, this miniseries will be the first! Parts 2 and 3 will be coming out over the next few months, so you don’t have to wait to next year to see what happens next.

If you’re wondering why we rarely seem to do seasonally themed content, it’s because our production cycle takes so long that it’s hard to line up with the time of year. For example, this series was started last March.

## Production

* **Writer**: Paul Sell
* **Producer**: Sam Mokler
* **Animators**: Mimi Alves, Hector Amavizca
* **Artists**: Jeremy Pursell, Fil Romero, Gabriel Dolci
* **Lead Animator**: Mimi Alves

### Cast

* George – Kiba Walker
* Elizabeth – Baku Satsu Ho
* Noelle – Michele Knotz
* Crystal – Chovie Tchotchke

## Plot

On Christmas eve a young man named George wonders the streets in the cold. George is homeless and alone with no family thinking to himself how he failed to get a job after an accident and now he'd give anything to have a do over where he could get things right. As he walks an older woman passes by him with a handful of gifts and she drops one just as George passes by. George notices the gift and feels that it looks expensive and losing it could ruin her Christmas, so he chases the woman down to return the present. The woman sees it is a gift for her granddaughter, custom made necklaces she's been begging for and losing them would have been devastating. She thanks George and introduces herself as Noele Houlton. She asks if she can give George any money for Christmas shopping as thanks, but George says he has no money and no family anymore. Hearing this Noele is saddened and offers George a room at a hotel she operates nearby. Surprised by such an offer but desperate for a warm meal and place to sleep George accepts and takes Noele's card. Noele thanks George saying he's a good person and deserves a nice Christmas before they part ways.

George arrives a short time later at the Hotel and is in awe of how fancy and high class it is. The receptionist recognizes him and introduces herself as Crystal and tells him how Ms. Houlton already called ahead and told the staff to expect him. Crystal then tells George that Noele had her conjure up a small gift for him and place it under the tree in the lobby. Surprised by their quick efforts and overly kind nature George is a bit confused but hopes its a present he can use even after tonight. As Crystal goes to get George his room key George finds his gift and opens it. To his confusion he finds a pair of earing and a necklace that seem to be expensive rubies and is not quite sure why they would give him them as a gift. As he thinks he may be able to sell them for money to get by for a bit longer the earing and necklace jump out of the box and put themselves on. George is confused but as he speaks his voice has become soft and high pitched and his face begins to change. As he tests his new voice his shirt and jacket suddenly become a comfortable sweater and his upper body becomes more and more feminine looking. Within a couple minutes George assumes he's just dreaming but is then shocked to see his breast grow in and his lower body soon transforms as well completing his transformation into a woman. He (now she) is confused but begins to think that this change could be good and maybe he'd have better luck finding a job and getting a new life together as a woman. At that point Crystal returns and greets her as Elizabeth. Confused but doing her best to play it off and realizing that's her name now, Elizabeth accepts her key card that Crystal says is to the presidential suite. Crystal then asks about taking her luggage up to her room, but Elizabeth says she didn't bring anything with her. However, Crystal points out a stack of both luggage and Christmas presents behind her and Elizabeth is shocked again but accepts whats happening to her. Crystal leaves to get the staff to take the luggage up as Elizabeth thinks how this strange but enjoyable Christmas miracle could be just what she wanted, a fresh start.