Christmas in a Minute Contest

Christmas in a Minute was a brickfilming competition hosted by Jackson Dame on the Bricks in Motion forums in 2012 and again in 2013. The aim of the contest was to produce a Christmas-related brickfilm with a maximum time limit of one minute.

Christmas in a Minute 2012
The first Christmas in a Minute was announced by Jackson Dame on November 29, 2012. The deadline was the end of December 24. Entries were required to contain no copyrighted or non family-friendly content, be made specifically for the contest and include its logo, in addition to the core rule of a one minute maximum time limit. There was also a minimum time limit of 20 seconds.

The contest received 33 entries and was judged by Dame, Harrison Allen and an anonymous third judge from outside the brickfilming community. The judging categories were Originality, Story, Animation, Audio, Set Design, and Incorporation of Theme. Prizes were offered for the top three. These were for 1st,  for 2nd and two figures from  for 3rd.

Results
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In addition to selecting the top three winners overall, each judge selected another film as their honourable mention. These three were Christmas Cookies by Gregory Moore and Garry Moore, Rudolph the Rabid Reindeer by Ethan "ewccinema" Connell and Christmas in February by "CoolBeansBebeh".

Christmas in a Minute 2013
The contest returned the following year. Christmas in a Minute 2013 was announced by Jackson Dame on December 9. The deadline was again December 24 and the same rules were used as the original iteration, with the addition of a rule disallowing licensed LEGO themes.

The contest received 42 accepted entries. While six of these were disqualified, they were still ranked in the final results. The contest was to be judged by a panel consisting of Jackson Dame, Harrison Allen and Dame's then-fiancée. However, the final results only used ballots from two judges. Prizes, donated by FireStar Toys and Ethan "Mighty Wanderer" Olson, were offered for the top three. These were a £25 gift certificate for FireStar Toys, a $10 gift certificate for LEGO.com and a $5 gift certificate for LEGO.com.

Results
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