'SNL' nails the Hallmark Christmas vibe with cut James Franco sketch

This is eerily accurate.
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Proma Khosla
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'SNL' nails the Hallmark Christmas vibe with cut James Franco sketch
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Tis the season for cheesy off-brand holiday rom-coms (the likes of A Christmas Prince and Christmas Inheritance), and Saturday Night Live knows exactly the winning formula. Get some unknown actors (preferably Canadian) and add in a small-town storyline and some Christmas, and voila!

Host James Franco stars as aspiring Canadian stud Chris Bearstick, who stars in not one but two Hallmark Christmas movies in the sketch. There's Young Santa, in which Jessica Normal (Kate McKinnon) runs into her high school sweetheart while home away from the big city; and Kitchen Christmas Wish, in which our female lead (a single mom and struggling baker) has to get out of a snow globe; and Prince Santa, which stars Chris Bearstick as a royal in search of a wife, because aren't they all?

Come for the familiarity of the same sets and mediocre actors (hey look, Chris Bearstick again!), and stay for...well, we're not sure. Christmas?

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Proma Khosla

Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.


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