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Ho-ho-holy crap, it’s already Christmas, huh?
Even though there’s still one more Saturday Night Live on the way before the big day, this week’s episode came bursting with holiday cheer. Fortunately, it’s a miracle of yuletide lunacy. Watching along feels like getting Gatorade-dumped with spiked eggnog.
While a lot of sketches in Christmas episodes tend to seem like they’re auditioning to be the next seasonal classic — resurfacing in annual Christmas specials throughout perpetuity — this batch feels different. Many of these gems use an element of the holidays as a mere jumping-off point before plunging down some other rabbit hole. For every sketch like Your Office Christmas Party,…
