Better Late Than Never - A Deltarune Christmas Story

[@SpriterMike]

-Merry Christmas!- -Happy New Years!- You know what, screw it! How about “Happy You’re Alive Day!” I’m happy that I’m alive. I’m happy that you’re alive. I’m happy that you’re viewing this, regardless if you’re subscribed or not (tho I’d appreciate it if you were), watching these dumb little vids of mine and giving support. It means the world to me! Idk what the new year holds for me and this channel, but I do hope to make more stuff in the future that you’ll enjoy. (And hopefully I won’t take tooooo long on this kinda stuff).

[@TheAdvertisement]

Hey, man, I get it. I've had many a sleepless night stressing to get an animation done by some arbitrary holiday due date. I've decided to myself I'm gonna stop doing that now cus it just leaves me burned out, so I'm glad you're not killing yourself over dates either. Don't worry about it!

[@flowerzika7852]

Happy birthday to me!!! Thanks for the gift!

[@forkalamari6093]

The rhymes are soooo good and actually in character. You really captured Toby’s characters well!

[@VaiCaDep0893]

Screw Christmas, me and the boys celebrate the Lunar New Year

[@stoplookingatthisyougleepy]

I'm happy that Toby Fox is!

[@tripletsborn]

Gotta love seeing Berdly not being written as a complete asshole or the butt of the joke. Just writing him as goofily awkward, misunderstanding, and well intentioned seems a lot better IMO.

[@manteroid]

respect for my favorite bird boy

[@flameblade3]

Because that’s like- his actual character. He always means well, he’s just a little stuck in his own world and takes things the wrong way or gets the wrong idea across

[@Kyumifun]

And he didn't even done anything wrong or dumb either. He just explained how christmas goes.

[@MSh-pe6oy]

​@YTgavinlilmamDamn, you couldn't ever L harder.

[@Ralsei_we]

G A M E R MOVES ARE U N P R E D I C T A B L E

[@Colddirector]

I love the subtle touch of Kris' gift being a letter from Ralsei/Lancer. It's a great gift but also keeps Kris' actual personality and thoughts a mystery

[@LancerDeltarune-mp3ne]

I love writing Susie letters!

[@0kay_I_Gu3ss]

Wait a minute, my god, RALSEI SAID IN THE LETTER “Based on what kris told me” KRIS SPOKESEEEE

[@pikapikachu4665]

@@0kay_I_Gu3sshe speaks, he speaks in the acts sometimes and he replies to other characters sometimes

[@Colddirector]

@@pikapikachu4665 yeah I don’t think we’re meant to interpret it as kris literally being mute, more that we just don’t get to see what they’re saying

[@saulgoodmanproductions2993]

@@pikapikachu4665 they

[@elias0240]

„*(Everyone in town eagerly awaited the incoming holiday.“, aka *“Noelle Holiday is rapidly approaching your location.“*

[@NinjArtle]

*knock knock* Open up! Or i’ll cast SNOWGRAVE! Anyway, heres your presents!

[@StarryConducter]

​@@NinjArtlesame energy as "congratulations, you're being rescued! Please do not resist."

[@NinjArtle]

@@StarryConducter yep

[@buddy9848]

The fact that Kris went to the Dark World so Ralsei could give Susie a gift was so sweet, my heart almost melted.

[@cjleehaze]

Hearing Ralsei speak in that message just got to me. Knowing Kris went down there to talk to him about it.

[@Treasure-cat]

​​@@cjleehazeI wonder why susie couldn't go visit🤔 Edit: never mind

[@Brwigames]

​@@Treasure-catWhy couldn't she?

[@Treasure-cat]

@@Brwigames the Creator told me on a community post that kris didn't actually go to the dark world and wrote it themselves. You should still be able to see the post

[@Oliverdoesthings-]

@@Treasure-catI’d been so much happier if you DIDNT tell me that 😭

[@bdhhsgbyddhggg]

I like to imagine Roulxs also tried to send Susie a gift (a picture of himself, obviously) but Ralsei had to hurry up and give Kris the box before Roulxs got there

[@jp_nona]

imagine him with his default T-pose like sprite flying 2000km per hour to get the gift to kris before he goes

[@thebazingaboi2545]

Or a box of Mac and cheese

[@consumetm]

​@@jp_nonathis is a hilarious thing to imagine, thank you for the imagery

[@InternDOhioSUNEM]

​@@jp_nona he would sound like a f1 car

[@gnattgnert]

@@jp_nonathis made me laugh harder than it should have

[@leedlelel2373]

Catti giving susie a voodoo doll because of her previous dislike of her is a nice detail

[@alexis_electronic]

the gift? all pins removed!

[@JakeTheArmyGuy]

I really dug this. I like how you didn't show Asriel, thus keeping in line with the game's thing about him. Though I must say, the part that made me smile the most was how casual Toriel was with Asgore. It seems they've come to terms with everything and are friendly again.

[@chuckles2364]

Yeah I noticed that too, I'm hoping that they do genuinely get to be on good terms in one of the chapters.

[@Th3DankestMemer]

Yeah, I fully understand that Toriel and Asgore will never be as close as they used to be, whether the story in question be Undertale or Deltarune, but I do hope they'll at least be able to be friends.

[@chrissysonicutdrloz]

Hey, Asgore had to come. Susie still needs a present from Santa!

[@bucketbutters866]

@@octopuszombie8744 no

[@octopuszombie8744]

@@bucketbutters866ok

[@dcx_6412]

*knowing that you have to save susie from another Christmas disappointment *you are filled with the power of Christmas spirit

[@MSh-pe6oy]

Awh, there is no rhyme... Now, this hovertext doesn't worth even a dime! (This reply wasn't meant to offend you.)

[@elijahray5194]

Man actually rhymed for 26 minutes. Jokes aside, this feels official, except for the fact it wasn't. Great work!

[@CreatorProductionsOriginal]

Wait- what? No way everything rhymes

[@angeliquecheung574]

Yes, they did. Gives "Twas' The Night Before Christmas" vibes.

[@seesaw41]

Oh shrikes. I noticed the narrator rhyming, but not that it was EVERYONE

[@Dancing_DP]

​@@CreatorProductionsOriginal everything rymes. EVERYTHING.

[@kgtrainsuk]

WAIT WHAT

[@mooncake8059]

This is really accurate to Susies personality… and gives us on a probably accurate view point on her home life

[@MAXIMUMPOWER42]

If Berdly just spends Christmas playing DBO then he might not have a good home life either.

[@NCSGaming15]

@@MAXIMUMPOWER42Berdly is 100% a 4chan user

[@Voidmoth1]

based on this animation, it's prob more of a lack thereof lol

[@kris.p.bacon1361]

Yeah looks like Susie’s homeless

[@sorbetshark4339]

@@kris.p.bacon1361she might be homeless in the game too

[@GrippyMiss]

Susie: explaining her hard time of Christmas. Kris: -_-

[@CheeseSummoner]

actually it's more of _

[@BaldFriskHandle]

@@CheeseSummonertrue

[@DuoVersal]

=_= The bottom equal thing is the shadow

[@Ezunal]

I gotta love how every line rhymes with at least one before or after it Really does kinda bring out the Christmas spirit!

[@frostplays155]

the rhymes make it feel like a kids story, but with the plot, that descriptions befitting of it a lot

[@gabrote42]

I see what you did there

[@NCSGaming15]

@@frostplays155I hate you so much right now

[@samohanka]

@@gabrote42 Wait, see where..?

[@gabrote42]

@@samohanka spirit rhymes with after it.

[@inthedust12]

I love the subtle holiday clothes, like Kris having a festive sweater. Merry January!

[@AniJSon]

Merry Krismas

[@averagedingus]

@@AniJSon uhm actually its January 🤓🤓

[@bloxywatergamer9945]

@@averagedingus yeh duh krismas idk what you are tryng tu prov by syang janeruray

[@4ntok]

@@bloxywatergamer9945 I think they had a stroke

[@NekkiFan]

@@4ntok i tgink theyir jus norel dud. lev hm alon

[@greenknight9000]

Seeing all the kindness towards Susie made me teary-eyed, then seeing her cry happily just broke me......then seeing the photograph broke me again. Congrats! You nailed the Feels-Trips that Deltarune brings, so I say you've nailed the storytelling down to a T!

[@hyunwonchang1380]

that susie crying face caught me off guard, dang it

[@bedrocksbones]

i’m glad susie is forgiving of berdly. she knows that none of the kids in school know about her dislike of christmas, i think that’s quite in character for her, especially after her arc into becoming a better person

[@elliecassar1881]

this is honestly so dramatic but its also wholesome at the same time..

[@knoxthecat8051]

i found u again >:)

[@knoxthecat8051]

watch this make sure to turn off ur audio tho bc it has cringe music in the backround

[@knoxthecat8051]

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[@Neodx2]

I cant even imagine how long it would have taken him to rhyme all the lines lol

[@CheeseSummoner]

the rymeing is driving me insane

[@MsDaBoss7]

Aww, Susie tearing up genuinely made me start to tear up as well! 🥲 This was absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing this!!

[@mrperfectcell5079]

Damn. I cannot emphasize how heartwarming and good this was. Just pure great animation and storytelling

[@Crimsalwaysawake]

I love the mental image of Susie holding a ridiculously long note

[@trudyyy9395]

the fact that everything felt so natural while also having that typical rhyming poem feel that youd get from a Dr Seus christmas movie just itched my brain in the best way possible. your work is truly amazing spritermike

[@abhikergaming7783]

I'l be honest. I think Berdly was made excellent here,it feels like this would be him after chapter 2. So i'm happy to see him like this. Also love every other aspect of this video

[@Elif-ow1tf]

Tgats only in Snowgrave tho

[@WORMPONY]

I really liked this. I spent my very first christmas last year, and this reminded me of that. Because of how and where I was raised, I never celebrated it, and I didn’t know about it until some of my friends mentioned it. I had a really fun first christmas, and I think what I enjoyed the most was how clearly happy I and everyone was. It was like a promise of nothing bad to happen that day, because everyone got along and was kind and laughed. And I know not everyone gets this kind of luxury, because I didn’t either for so many years. This video made me feel happy to remember that day, and helped me to remember just how loved I am by my friends, and I’m appreciative of them and the holiday I was able to celebrate.

[@mushroom4466]

the christmas curse of everyone rhyming their words... including the jocks, gossipers, and even the nerds.. Oh God, it's affected me! This is too Christmassy!

[@jeandutoit1226]

oh no, how sad! this is also making me very mad! OH NO, IVE BEEN AFFECTED ASWELL I hope I deal with it well

[@emilienclosmenil1642]

Okay, let's just say I tried my hardest to not cry out loud, NOTABLY when Noelle say that her gift came from someone special or when Berdly excuse himself to Susie and then offers what might be the best "Gamer gift" in the Deltarune universe. Awesome animation as always, loved every part of it and also how much the different gift that receive Susie are all perfectly in character with the different friends offering it, (Also I completly died of laugh during the "Su-see Deez-" part x) ) Anyway, again awesome work and Happy (late) Holiday/New year to you ^^ (PS: And sry if my english is not perfect, it's not my first language lol)

[@gaster000]

The thing that surprised me the most is the level of rimes that Susie is able to use. She's on the level of Dr. Seuss!

[@basicbee_memeposting]

Dr. Seussie

[@enzomessina2858]

Amazing animation as ever. That was almost TOO sweet, I nearly teared up.

[@skittel7635]

I love how basically everything just rhymes lmao and that part where everyone surprised susie and then before the story played, just awesome :')

[@-.0eclipse0.-]

23:38 nah but Susie crying made me cry😭

[@interlouper]

I'm gonna have to save this for next year..

[@Definitely_Not1]

its built like a Dr. Suess book, as in it rhymes, and that is really great about this animation i guess its also like nice that susie gets Christmas or whatever but like still

[@Vitya436]

I got so emotional over this because this is the type of friends I've always dreamed of

[@SheepDeprived]

I love how the entire thing is written like a poem. This is going into my playlist.

[@austinclay427]

Ending is so good with the photo that it's sad that it's not cannon. Ties together to Sans/Gaster perfectly.

[@ki2348]

I relate to Susie a lot in this animation. I don't have a community where I live and I'm Russian so my family celebrates a little differently (Literally a week after the christmas spirit has died down) and in general I haven't got many friends this year. Seeing people out having fun together feels so foreign sometimes. This animation made me feel a little bit better. Thank you for putting so much work and attention to detail in it!

[@kheidchaichorn9687]

i remember watching this a few days ago at midnight on christmas eve shoving pasta down my throat and crying at the end. truly a masterpiece.

[@Dummy_ul]

The fact that the entire town is in snow makes Sans Grocery Store and his house like Snowdin lmao

[@bharatsachdeva6683]

i smiled so hard at the don't forget at the end

[@OvercastWarmth]

Literally love this, don’t stress about it being late because it doesn’t make it any less good.

[@TheXenith]

18:04 Spamton at that moment: "You mean kromer?"

[@leedlelel2373]

Noelle: "Who the fuck is this loner?!"

[@TheXenith]

@@leedlelel2373Spamton: "I'm a middle-aged homeless Man who lives in a dumpster" "I came to make a deal with Kris" "OH THERE HE IS"

[@deepdishh]

Man , a mike upload. Christmas edition on top of that? Oh bot , sign me up. ...boy. I meant boy. PLEASE-

[@scelator769]

Your crying I’m not crying

[@SPAMTON_BIGSHOT]

No we're both crying- I mean you're crying!!

[@jessenia1386]

Of course it’s Mike making the dang best pixel animations

[@mrindeed247]

i love how susies reasoning towards hating christmas is the exact same as the grinches, literal toby levels of writing

[@chrissysonicutdrloz]

The part about Dess' sweater got me, as did hearing from Ralsei and Lancer. I think Kris would totally do that.

[@Muichiro910MT]

Bro got more poetic than some whrighters he got me holding back tears give this man a f*ckin novele prize

[@darkecstaticcomment]

That was another one of your awesome storywriting! You have a lot of potential and we can't thank you enough for the content you've made for us!

[@colonel_yuri]

the musical remixes and motifs with an added christmas tone is very satisfying to hear, good work!

[@gregethgeist]

Hey! I'm the composer of those tracks and I just wanted to say thanks! I made sure to make it as Christmas sounding as possible lol

[@Miriam3742]

I actually shed a tear at the part with the note from Ralsei. But my favorite part was the very end. Great Job, and merry (belated) Christmas!

[@cjleehaze]

Same here

[@stellleo]

There was no “almost” for me, I did cry a bit

[@kaysrandomchannel4618]

The fact that everything rhymed made me die inside a little, but it's a great video.

[@LennyTheSniper]

Such an unbelievably cute story. Holy crap. Sprites are looking great as always. Put a big smile on my face the entire time (safe for Susie's backstory but... you get it)

[@notfloweyyt7618]

It took me about half way into the video to realize the hilariously high amount of rhymes literally went full Christmas carol with this one

[@TheAdvertisement]

Until took me until around 3 minutes in to realize the dialogue was all in rhyme, great job. xD

[@ProtoTerra]

Coolios! We're glad theres another video! Doesnt matter if its late, we're glad ourselfs

[@tvgg4376]

7:51 I'm not even halfway through the video and I'm already crying (am I that sentimental?) Edit: very good animation, seriously you are to be congratulated, and I don't know how but you make some amazing animations that even seem to be in the game

[@finnvaneekelen4966]

This is so cute. Ive only watched the first part but the cute rhymes and noelle being a sweatheart and berdly trying to be nice but being annoying anyway it all fits

[@Tunasenswich]

Im not joking, but at the part when susie cried in the classroom i actually almost did too. Seeing a person like her cry, just. That hit me hard this is an amazing animation and this deserves to be in the real game.

[@ILoveNed]

what berdly said in the beginning felt personal why did you have to do that to me 😭😭😭😭

[@bodaciousstyle]

It must have taken forever to make all those rhymes! Love that you took the time to add them in though, really adds to that "Christmas Tale" feeling, very nice job!!

[@Chaoticee7801]

I loved how you made all the text rhyme, making it seem like something like the grinch. This is just awesome, fantastic job!

[@funnybones2015]

DAMN THE AMOUNT OF RHYMES IN THIS LMAO ITS LIKE A CHRISTMAS MOVIE

[@solidmetagross]

25:35 this probably isn’t implied to be Krusielle but as a diehard Krusielle shipper this makes me so happy to see… thank you for making this TvT

[@Odie_Nico]

Oh hell nah Bro Not that Ship again 💀

[@solidmetagross]

@@Odie_Nico what’s so bad about it? 🤨

[@Odie_Nico]

@@solidmetagross Bro. It's a Ship where Kris, noelle And Susie are a couple. Kris is noelle's best friend And noelle is kris's best friend. Only noelle (and maybe Kris, which i doubt) has a crush on Susie, so nope. Just face the truth. This Ship is total BS

[@YourAgentDoge]

literally THE only reason this made me cry is bc i wish for more then ANYTHING else to have friends like these :) (mostly bc i never spent christmas with friends like at all.)

[@domingolaraespinoza6106]

deltarune has turned into my favorite thing ever, my favorite game, with my favorite characters. i fucking love this

[@Gojirawars03]

Ok, this is already fantastic on its own just from a story standpoint, but… HOW TF DID YOU GET EVERYTHING TO RHYME?

[@subspace54]

i am usually numb to a lot of stories but this one managed to get some tears out of me, great job, it was very wholesome

[@novariousx]

Dang-definitely better later than never finding this!!!

[@szszabolcs9582]

THIS NEEDS TO BE CANON This is the best thing since Undertale Yellow and Deltarune came out

[@TheOneAndOnlyIceKem]

It was so funny when Ralsei and Lancer wrote the note, and you don’t usually talk on a note. Also the end made me cry, great job on this

[@kandibarnes9060]

I watched this whole video not realizing they were rhyming 😂

[@flameblade3]

Found myself late to the party, but I just wanted to say, this story is absolutely beautiful. The rhymes were cute, the story was heartwarming enough to thaw a blizzard, and the animation was one of the greatest gifts I could’ve asked for. You do astounding work keeping the story in line with the character’s true personalities, every facet of them, too. Berdly comes off as a snarky know it all but he always means well, Kris is silent and still but cares about his friends, Susie’s past always still leaves questions and she has grown past the person she used to be, lamenting the moment she turned back for only a bit. All that is to say, I love this story

[@dwerical]

This fills me with joy honestly. Thank you so much for this!

[@schwa4883]

What a wholesome belated Christmas video! The rhyming, the music, the actual story; I loved all of it. I really liked how natural you made the rhyming feel; at the start I didn’t even notice they were. And the track that played during Susie’s flashback was pretty cool, pun intended. Merry (late) Christmas, SpriterMike!

[@ZeroKay]

This animation is really epic and I get what the animation was going for which is epic. 10/10, this animation epic which is epic imo.

[@axelarias1950]

Oh my God this is so good. Thank you for this. What a great story. I cried when Susie starting crying 🥹🥹🥹

[@stellleo]

Thia has got to be the most wholesome DR animation I’ve ever seen, thank you for making this!

[@pocketkobold893]

I absolutely adore this! the rhymes, the sprite changes, and the music was all top-notch! i hope this gets tons of views!

[@Iron_Hiro]

Great storyline,tragic past,extremely happy and very beautiful end!?THIS IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE DELTARUNE ANIMATIONS OF ALL TIME!Thank You so much for making this for everyone,unlike many things,it was one of the very few things to cause tears,and they were tears of joy!

[@rich_gamer0667]

Love this, I. Love the photo ending I love this video, seriously it's amazing

[@Emmie45398]

It was heartbreaking to see Susie crying.. im so happy im almost in tears ❤

[@mufinboi975]

This just Kinda shows that we the fans can create our own story with these lovely characters and words he has created. (OH and temmie ofc)

[@SwagSwagSenate]

My favourite part of this is catching all the rhymes

[@MoRPho151]

I binged all your videos today and ended crying with this one!! Very well done it really feels like a Deltarune Christmas special!!

[@mx.writer6788]

I'm glad you didn't scrap any of it, your hard work really paid off SpriterMike.

[@44Hd22]

It’s funny how everyone thinks that there will be Hometown after Chapter 7. It‘d probably be the beginning of UnderTale.

[@redacted9034]

AMAZING I LOVE IT AND I DON'T EVEN PLAYED THE VIDEO YETTT

[@noahmurphy-cristal6040]

i did not expect myself to end up crying when I clicked on this video- mike should be apart of the writing team for deltarune

[@nasinnarcotics]

I love how this rhymes all the way through! It really gives it the vibe of a festive tale for kids.

[@cptndltrne]

A SpriterMike Deltarune animation is never late. Nor is it early. It arrives precisely when it means to!

[@Joca880]

I cried 3 rimes seeing this animation

[@krisonthefamilycomputer]

the writing on this is great, this is super heartwarming, the animation is amazing and the christmas remixes are just the cherry on top, it just feels like one of those cartoon christmas specials, i seriously love this.

[@johandraws3166]

This was such a beautiful video, unlike other videos this made me feel some stuff. It was a sad video, but that ending was extremely wholesome

[@ArnavBoom]

The rhyming game in this is incredible

[@thatoneidiotcurrentlyliving]

I think it was nice how you tried rhyming everything, it was a nice detail. ALSO WHEN NOELLE GAVE SUSIE DESS’S (I assume) SWEATER, MY HEART CRIED

[@jennathrem1462]

Spritermike, if your reading this, have you seen the Disney movie Mickey’s once upon a Christmas? It’s a movie where it shows three skits of Mickey and friends celebrating Christmas in different ways. After I watched this, I was thinking, what if there was a video game version of that movie. A movie called a gamer’s once upon a Christmas. Basically the same thing right? We could take this sprite animation and turn it into a nice Christmas skit along with other characters. This animation needs to get an award

[@bork6996]

watching this in summer with peak temparature of 36 degrees celsius(96.8 fahrenheit)

[@joeknuts7912]

I didn't think I'd like this... But I LOVED it!! This is amazing, if I remember, I'm probably watching it next Christmas.

[@emiliavalentino7226]

Man hod did i miss this. Anyway,even if i am late,truly amazing video! Even if in some parts i find it truly too poetic,even if it's a mix of deltarune and whatever that one christmas recotal was called. I think my favourite part was probably the lancer and ralsei gift one. Kinda sad we didn't get to see her wear them.