Brian Baumgartner

We had a giant, and no one can see my hands. Probably three feet tall, like a big illustrated version of The Night Before Christmas.

We had a giant, and no one can see my hands. Probably three feet tall, like a big illustrated version of The Night Before Christmas.

We had a giant, and no one can see my hands. Probably three feet tall, like a big illustrated version of The Night Before Christmas.

And it started by me reading it when I learned to read. What is that? Four, five, six-ish? You held up the big giant book, Brian? I would be holding the book and would read the thing. And that was one of our traditions.

And it started by me reading it when I learned to read. What is that? Four, five, six-ish? You held up the big giant book, Brian? I would be holding the book and would read the thing. And that was one of our traditions.

And it started by me reading it when I learned to read. What is that? Four, five, six-ish? You held up the big giant book, Brian? I would be holding the book and would read the thing. And that was one of our traditions.

And then one year I memorized it. And then I recited it for everybody as my sister turned the pages and I didn't look at it. That is so sweet. So that has a special connection to me. But in that book, one of the most important things is the illustrations.

And then one year I memorized it. And then I recited it for everybody as my sister turned the pages and I didn't look at it. That is so sweet. So that has a special connection to me. But in that book, one of the most important things is the illustrations.

And then one year I memorized it. And then I recited it for everybody as my sister turned the pages and I didn't look at it. That is so sweet. So that has a special connection to me. But in that book, one of the most important things is the illustrations.

And so when we started to have this idea and talk about adapting The Night Before Christmas and setting it here in the office, I had worked on this show, Trash Truck. that Glen Keane had executive produced. Now, Glen Keane is like literally a god in the animated world. So I called him, I called him about five times to say like, you have to, he's very busy.

And so when we started to have this idea and talk about adapting The Night Before Christmas and setting it here in the office, I had worked on this show, Trash Truck. that Glen Keane had executive produced. Now, Glen Keane is like literally a god in the animated world. So I called him, I called him about five times to say like, you have to, he's very busy.

And so when we started to have this idea and talk about adapting The Night Before Christmas and setting it here in the office, I had worked on this show, Trash Truck. that Glen Keane had executive produced. Now, Glen Keane is like literally a god in the animated world. So I called him, I called him about five times to say like, you have to, he's very busy.

I was like, you have to do this because I knew he was a big fan of The Office. So I was like, look, you have to do this. My L Gormalin, he is the one who actually did the drawings, but I was on calls with Glenn, his whole team and my L every week. That was my favorite part of this for, I don't know, two, three months.

I was like, you have to do this because I knew he was a big fan of The Office. So I was like, look, you have to do this. My L Gormalin, he is the one who actually did the drawings, but I was on calls with Glenn, his whole team and my L every week. That was my favorite part of this for, I don't know, two, three months.

I was like, you have to do this because I knew he was a big fan of The Office. So I was like, look, you have to do this. My L Gormalin, he is the one who actually did the drawings, but I was on calls with Glenn, his whole team and my L every week. That was my favorite part of this for, I don't know, two, three months.

We would have like a two hour call and talk about every image and what it looked like and how the characters were developed. And that was really fun to do.

We would have like a two hour call and talk about every image and what it looked like and how the characters were developed. And that was really fun to do.

We would have like a two hour call and talk about every image and what it looked like and how the characters were developed. And that was really fun to do.

I'm so glad that you mentioned that because when the first drawing started coming in, the thing that I kept catching inside of me, I was like, where are we? Where exactly are we backed by the accountants? And so that was my first... major and only sort of note about that was the architecture of the space is so important.

I'm so glad that you mentioned that because when the first drawing started coming in, the thing that I kept catching inside of me, I was like, where are we? Where exactly are we backed by the accountants? And so that was my first... major and only sort of note about that was the architecture of the space is so important.