Part of SNL's recurring "Close Encounters" series featuring Ms. Rafferty (Kate McKinnon), Sharon (Cecily Strong), and Doug (Casey Affleck) sharing their experiences meeting Santa Claus with a theological panel. While Sharon and Doug describe typical, heartwarming encounters with Santa Claus during the Christmas season, Ms. Rafferty's experience involves a disturbing creature she calls Shart - who looked like Gollum, smelled like a hard-boiled egg, and behaved in bizarre and unsettling ways. The sketch parodies alien abduction testimonials while using the Christmas/Santa theme, with McKinnon's character delivering her signature deadpan delivery of increasingly absurd and traumatic details.
