'SNL' ad for Nextdoor takes an upsettingly hilarious turn toward... bigotry and murder?

Billie Eilish's joyous Christmas encounter escalates so quickly.
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Adam Rosenberg
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A still from "Saturday Night Live" featuring Bille Eilish, dressed in a plaid Chrismas sweater and standing at the window of her festive apartment with a horrified look on her face. She's  holding a sign that reads: "WTF??!!"
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Holiday cheer gone horribly wrong. This is just the kind of awkward and deeply terrifying interaction that Nextdoor wants to help you avoid.

In a Saturday Night Live holiday ad that isn't obviously about the neighbor-connecting social network until the very end, host Billie Eilish holds up handwritten signs from her family's apartment windows as she invites the sweet, old widower across the way (Kate McKinnon) to come over some holiday cheer. Turns out that's a terrible idea.

The signs become fraught as McKinnon's neighbor reveals herself to be a bigot, and then a dog-eater, and then possibly an unhinged kidnapper and murderer. I don't even want to get into why Mikey Day is here, because that would mean spending more time thinking about why Mikey Day is here. Eilish plays her part perfectly, with increasingly unsettled responses in both her signs and her performance that fully sell the bit.

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Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.


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