Thomas: WHAT IS UP, EVERYBODY?
Did we do the title screen yet?
Sacajawea: No, we haven't.
Thomas: Sacajawea, I...You're my pet hamster,
but you're also my tech guy, so you gotta tell me... Sacajawea: I'm sorry!
Sacajawea: Okay, I'll go get that now... Thomas: We gotta be professional here, come on.
Sacajawea: Alright...
Thomas: Alright!
Sacajaewea: Alright, now...
Okay, just, hold on a sec...
Do I go now?
[Intro Playing]
WHAT IS UP, EVERYBODY?
First and foremost, before we get started,
I have been nominated for a Shorty Award
in YouTube Comedy!
And...
This is the first time I've been nominated
for anything YouTube-related,
so it is such a HUGE honor!
So, if you wanted to vote for me,
it is the first link in the description,
you can vote every day if you want to,
either way, I love you!
Now, I hope you all are having a fantastic week,
and I genuinely mean that,
because you all bring so much joy
to my life each and every week.
Here's why: You all show so much
love and support, and you're all so talented and gifted.
And so many of you use those talents and skills
to make me gifts and write me letters,
and so I wanted to take a video
to showcase some of these gifts
because they mean a lot to me
and, every once in a while,
the spotlight needs to be shed on you.
So, let's [claps] dive right in,
because I got TONS of stuff over here.
Here we go!
Okay, this was adorable and creative.
Somebody just took a deck of cards,
and made, "52 Reasons We Love You!"
Meredith and Mackenzie. So, thank you!
I'm gonna look through some of these...
[Laughs]
Right out the gate, "nice butt ;)"
[Laughs]
Okay, but this one's really sweet,
"You make us smile everyday ♥"
THAT'S AWESOME!
So, a lot of these gifts are
from my tour, Ultimate Storytime,
and a lot of things are centered around the main cast.
I'm gonna bring this up here.
It's a little story of, like,
which houses we would be separated into,
based off of the answers that we gave them online.
Jay's Slytherin, that's for sure.
I'm Hufflepuff, big time.
Nicole was very much a Gryffindor.
Terrence, he was a RavenPuff.
And then Leo, definitely Gryffindor.
Thank you, Annie! That's so cool.
And speaking of Harry Potter,
a lot of people knew that I was a Hufflepuff,
so I was granted many, many scarves!
Like, a lot of scarves.
SO many scarves.
I'm very warm right now. [Laughs]
This is like when your mom
dresses you up 'cause it's cold outside
and you're like, "Mom, it's- I'm fine,
this is PLENTY right now."
I think most of these are hand-made,
so that is awesome!
SPEAKING of knitting!
I am also a huge fan of Stranger Things,
and Mairu knew that and knitted...
This AWESOME rendition of the lights
from Stranger Things. On the walls, you know?
You never know what it's gonna spell out!
Send... nu-
We're not gonna...
not gonna do THAT joke. [Laughs]
So, a lot of people gave me these.
These are JARS with little wishes.
They vary, so some of these are wishes,
some of these, you'd open 'em up,
there'd be, like, little compliments.
This is another one.
"Once we've begun, if we stand as one,
"someday" becomes "somehow,"
and a prayer becomes a vow."
That's from Newsies.
You guys knew that I'm a BIG musical theater lover,
and THIS... I don't even know how this was possible.
Somebody folded a thousand tiny paper cranes
because as legend goes,
"A thousand folded paper cranes grants you one wish."
The fact that this was given to me,
and that they spent this much time making it
means a LOT to me, so I'm saving it.
For somethin'. Somethin' good.
I got a lot of flower crowns, and I love 'em.
This is a particularly interesting one.
They painted it. Look at the lil "Vine."
[Singing] ♪ Rest In Peace, Vine... ♪ Hmm... [Giggles]
Okay, so it says,
"Thomas Sanders StoryTime",
But, if you get closer,
you can see that every letter
is made from a different quote
from each of my Vines!
This is so clever.
Okay, this is absolutely adorable.
Kat made me an amazing little story book
that is, like, a love story between me and Leo!
We did live happily ever after.
It's a-, it's a great story, Kat. Thank you! [Giggles]
Cara, who has also been an AMAZING
supporter of mine for a long time,
got me this Hufflepuff shirt for Christmas.
Happy Christmas, Cara.
We cannot forget about this big boy.
It's Teddy Sanders! [Laughs]
This lil guy is wearin' the Steven Universe shirt I'm always wearing.
Very nice! Look at lil' mini-me!
I LOVE 'IM SO MUCH!
And what a good segue into the Steven Universe
section of the gifts that people have given me.
Many of you draw me with the "Steven Universe" shirt.
This one, I've got the Steven Universe shield.
This is, like, handsome anime Steven Universe Thomas.
What?! Look at those eyes. "Ooh!"
And, of course, you guys know I love Disney,
so I got a lot of Disney-themed art!
This is from Vix. Thank you, Vix!
Not "Vicks" the Vapo-Rub, Vix. V-I-X.
Okay, now, these are, like, super cute.
Okay, hold on...
[Vocalizing]
WHA-BAM!
Oh, my goodness [laughs] gracious...
This is, like, regular me and Dad version of me!
Look, they even knit the sweater on the back! [Laugs]
Sorry, I geek out, that's too cool. [Laughs]
So, a lot of you know I do the [Stitch Voice] Stitch impression,
[Regular voice] and I love Stitch, and I also love pizza,
so somebody thought to stitch Stitch to pizza! [Laughs]
Ah!
This is also super cool, because, you know,
you all know that I'm really into Broadway.
During my Ultimate Storytime tour,
somebody took the poster artwork, and created this!
WHA-PAM! Playbill.
Maybe one day, this could happen.
Somebody gave me this,
[stutters] I dunno why.
Nail polish.
Anxiety could probably use it now. [Laughs]
Jessica knew how much I enjoy the Hamilton musical,
so she got me the Hamilton pin.
WHAT UP?
A lot of you gave me books with full-on compilations
of letters, to show support, from different people.
This one's by Ashley Lafferty.
Fan art that she made,
messages that she found online to send to me.
This is another one, just a book full of, you know,
pictures, and fan art, and posts, and messages.
This stuff really means so much to me.
I have folders filled with all sorts of letters
that you guys have given to me.
Just filled with 'em!
This one was given to me by Claire.
It's a full published book, with even more messages.
All of these letters and notes of support from you all,
they mean so much to me!
Emily and Clarissa made a book,
"110 Reasons to Smile".
"You make millons of people happy each day."
Look- ugh, WHAT?
And there is so much art down here,
you guys are so talented.
Sarah Lynn, love this. "Story Time!" I want that shirt.
Katie, I love this. That is so cool!
A little blushing Thomas saying, "Story Time!"
Cassie knows I love puppies. That's adorable,
and they wrote, "You light up my world." Aah!
My Prince character got a lot of awesome fan art.
So, thank you, Laura Ashley, for this one.
You fufilled my dream of having
my own chocolate frog card!
Somebody gave me the T!
Not the other kind of tea, this kind of T. [Chuckles]
Somebody stitched this.
"I am the narrator of my own story."
That's so cool.
This one makes me really happy,
this is, "Guys, Gals, & Non-Binary Pals!"
The style is so cool!
Somebody painted this one.
"I love you with all my BUTT (it's bigger than my ♥)"
This goes on my wall. [Laughs]
When I went to New Jersey, I got this one.
[Whispers] I love New Jersey back.
[Normal voice] Then I got this one from Tate,
"Your Story is Not Finished"
It is based off of my shirts,
and it is GLITTERY!
Tunisia has always been a supporter of mine,
so this one was for hitting
one million followers on Instagram.
This one is for hitting one million on YouTube.
Thank you, Tunisia!
Got this awesome Ultimate Story Time t-shirt
that I was given during the tour.
All sorts of cool things, all over the place.
WHAT?
A lot of you know that on my Instagram,
I try to do this thing every Friday called,
"Fanart Friday",
where I showcase all this artwork that you have made
and tagged me in on Instagram.
I'll go through a couple of those.
Okay, here we have me as Stewie.
I think I've just become Stewie?
[Stewie voice] Got this hair, this weird, swoopy hair,
what's happening, man? This is weird.
[Regular voice] So many cute pieces of art
based around the different collaborations
I've done with different people.
Dodie, Anthony Ramos, Jon Cozart.
Ah! Meg is also one of those
super supportive people in my life,
and she's also super talented.
Here I am, yet again,
with another amazing flower crown.
Morgan does this thing where she puts my head
on all these different situations,
and it's always fun to look at. [Laughs]
Ugh! Okay, then, there's also Ogo
who creates this amazing artwork
that makes me look like I'm in a
FREAKIN' COMIC BOOK! WHAT?
There's such cool artwork
surrounding my different personalities.
My Prince character,
the Dad character.
Anxiety's been getting a lot of love recently.
I'm sure he is fun to draw.
He doesn't know what to think of it yet,
but, you know...
You know, that's anxiety for you. [Giggles]
"Prinxiety", I think, is the ship name?
For Prince and Anxiety?
That's fun. [Laughs]
So cute. What the heck?
Ah! No way.
Tunisia, I told you about her before,
literally just tagged me in something!
Here it is:
[record scratch sound] "That's me. The logical side.
I bet you're wondering how I got myself into this situation!"
[Laughs]
And that is just scratching the surface.
There is so many other pieces of art out there.
If you want to see all the other ones, go check out my Instagram.
And just use the hashtag #FanartFriday to look at them.
And if you wanna be featured on "Fanart Friday",
just create something, put it on Instagram,
tag me in it. Who knows? You may be featured,
but it will definitely be appreciated.
And there are so many other gifts that you guys gave me.
The best gift of them all has just been
the absolute love and support from all of you
online, offline...
The kind words that you all bring to me,
the love that you guys give,
that is seriously the best gift.
Even if you don't create art, or whatever,
just your words of support and encouragement,
the fact that you feel inclined to share with me
that I made you smile today,
it just makes all the difference.
I hope that I can make you guys smile
as much as you have made me smile.
I just-, am so thankful every day
for you guys,
So, thank you! [Laughs]
I hope you enjoyed this little video of gift-diving,
and until next time,
take it easy, guys, gals, and non-binary pals!
PEACE OUT!
'"You liked my tweet one time.
I scream whenever I remember it."
[Giggles]
"You're our queen."
That is an honor, thank you.
"You look amazing in make up."
That's VERY kind.
"Your Shoutout Sundays make us happy,
but you've never said our names.
#WeStillLoveYou" [Laughs]
Oh, I'm sorry!