The most unexpected Christmas gift of the year is a new Charlie the Unicorn short

It’s unlikely that one of the big viral hits of the 2000s has returned this holiday season: Charlie the Unicorn.

Created by Jason Steele of FilmCow, the original “Charlie the UnicornThe Flash animated short was released on Newgrounds in 2005 and tapped into the cultural language of terminally online millennials. Steele’s Charlie shorts had a tight formula with a pair of pink and blue tooth-eroding unicorns who would relentlessly harass the skeptical and foul-mouthed Charlie into traveling with them on relentlessly whimsical adventures filled with classic middle-aged random humor. At the climax of each short, Charlie, despite himself, gave in to their ruthless cheerfulness and began to enjoy himself – after which they hit him on the head and traded one of his organs.

When you write it all down like this, you really think: You know what? Skibidi toilet is fine.

Steele followed through the ’00s and early teens with a number of sequels, parodies and spin-offs, eventually culminating in a Charlie finale in 2021. But lo and behold, on Boxing Day my YouTube algorithm gave me ‘Charlie the Unicorn Enjoys ‘. a moment of peace.” And spoilers, but the title is correct.

In the new video, nothing bad happens to Charlie at all, and he gets to seriously engage in a moment of real whimsy without each negative consequences.

I’m happy for him. I wish the same for you, reader, and for all of us, during the holidays and the coming New Year.