The “Friendship Sleigh Ride” series, created by Sufjan Stevens, Jeff Shoop, Rosie Thomas, and Deborah Johnson, consists of seven video shorts in the promotion of Stevens’ 2012 Christmas Tour.

The “Friendship Sleigh Ride” series, created by Sufjan Stevens, Jeff Shoop, Rosie Thomas, and Deborah Johnson, is a cure for the holidaze, and features seven video shorts promoting Stevens’ 2012 Christmas Tour. The series includes parodic ads for a monster truck show and a law firm, a workout video, and various appearances by Thomas’ comic alter ego, Sheila Saputo. Except for “Christmas Monster Truck,” each skit was shot on a green screen with digitally composited environments and props (as if that wasn’t obvious).