Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.

                               Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.

I loved this story and the animation was well done but if you 

weren't used to this kind of stuff you would find it a little weird but it is 

to me one of the best animated movies of our time. Like I said the story 

was amazing, it covers the birth of Jesus and how a rejected donkey 

carried Marry to Bethlehem to give birth to Jesus. If you are looking for a 

movie that can show you the reason why we celebrate Christmas, you 

can't go wrong with this movie. So, with that, lets get to the story shall 

we:

Santa Claus' donkey, Steeltoe, narrates the story of a donkey named 

Nestor with abnormally long ears, who lived in the days of the Roman 

Empire. Every animal in the stable ridicules Nestor because of his ears. 

One day the animals in the stable are celebrating the winter solstice. 

Nestor's mother gives socks to Nestor to cover his ears.

That night when Nestor is asleep, soldiers arrive from the Roman 

Empire. They pick a bunch of donkeys, including Nestor, but not his 

mother. Nestor tries to get away and one of the soldiers grabs the socks 

on Nestor's ears. They come off. The soldiers think that the owner of the 

stable, Olaf, was trying to trick them. Olaf says he will give them Nestor 

for free, but the soldiers force him to give him all of the donkeys for free 

and do not take Nestor. After the soldiers leave a furious Olaf throws 

Nestor out into the storm and leaves him to die. Nestor's mother escapes 

the stable and finds him. As a blizzard rages outside, there is no indoor 

shelter to be had. Nestor's mother finds a small cove out of the wind and 

uses her body to shield her son from the storm. The next morning, 

Nestor wakes up to find that his mother has died, having sacrificed 

herself to save him.

Later, Nestor meets a cherub named Tilly. She says they need to travel 

to Bethlehem, telling him "Your ears can do wondrous things no other 

ears can do. The sounds they hear will guide you on a path that's 

straight and true, and then you will save another, as your mother once 

saved you." They travel across the desert sands for many months, and 

when they finally get to the outskirts of Bethlehem, Tilly tells Nestor to 

wait. Even though he finds a rundown old stable, nobody buys him.

One day, Mary and Joseph visit. Mary is expecting a child, and they do 

not have much money. They take Nestor because of his "gentle eyes", 

but are caught in a sandstorm. In the midst of the storm, Nestor hears 

Tilly's voice, but recognizes it as his mother's, and she tells him to follow 

the voices of the angels. Nestor guides Mary and Joseph through the 

storm, wrapping Mary in his ears, soon arriving at Bethlehem. They find 

a proper stable, where Mary subsequently gives birth to Jesus after 

which Nestor finds his way back home, where he is considered a hero.