'SNL' cast shares how to keep your cool in a very special Christmas cold open

"Hey, we heard you guys singing about ignoring your anxiety in an unhealthy way!"
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A group (Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, Ego Nwodim, Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman) shares how they keep their cool during the holiday season.
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The holidays are here and Christmas is right around the corner—but sometimes it feels like the world is falling apart. How do you cope with existential dread and the thought of dealing with your drunk uncle? Well, the cast of Saturday Night Live has the answer: just block everything out.

Yes, that's right, in a very special musical cold open Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, Ego Nwodim, Bowen Yang, and Sarah Sherman share how they keep their cool during the holiday season—in the unhealthiest ways possible. Whether that's falling into a bad alcohol addiction that gets you banned from Burger King or living in a state of delusion that keeps your mental health in shambles, just block it all out and bury it deep inside your soul...until Christmas.

"But what happens in January?" Sherman asks.

"Oh, then we explode," Strong sings. "We freak out and threaten our ex. We drink to the point where we contemplate murder and accept Venmo payments for sex."

Yikes.

Topics SNL

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Chance Townsend
Assistant Editor, General Assignments

Chance Townsend is the General Assignments Editor at Mashable, covering tech, video games, dating apps, digital culture, and whatever else comes his way. He has a Master's in Journalism from the University of North Texas and is a proud orange cat father. His writing has also appeared in PC Mag and Mother Jones.

In his free time, he cooks, loves to sleep, and greatly enjoys Detroit sports. If you have any tips or want to talk shop about the Lions, you can reach out to him on Bluesky @offbrandchance.bsky.social or by email at [email protected].


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