SNL: Threatening Santa Claus

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Written By Chris Well

“So, this’ll be my last letter. I know you’ll miss me when I’m gone…”

In this Christmas sketch from Saturday Night Live, Santa Claus (Jason Bateman) has his elves reading Christmas letters—and quickly discovers a series of Christmas letters from a persistent man (Pete Davidson). And things get dark quick.

In a spoof of rapper Eminem’s creepy hit “Stan” about a stalker fan, Davidson pens letters to Saint Nick. Stu’s Christmas list includes just one thing—a PlayStation 5. The reason that “Dido” and “Elton John” appear in the parody is because the real Dido appeared in the original video (in fact, her song is sampled under the rap), and because the real Elton John once performed “Stan” on the Grammy Awards with Eminem. What makes me love this sketch even more is the part about Santa—which is completely original.

“His delivery was for sure really on point because it was not what I expected when I saw it,” Eminem says of Davidson’s performance in the sketch. “I was like, ‘Man, this is actually really good.’ The whole thing was great.”

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Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

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