Peanuts Christmas

A drama acting teacher (Martin Short) critiques a community theater production of A Charlie Brown Christmas with increasingly unbearable feedback. The sketch opens with the entire SNL cast dressed as beloved Peanuts characters performing the iconic Christmas dance moves from the classic special. As the rehearsal progresses, Martin Short's over-the-top teacher character constantly interrupts with excessive direction, particularly fixating on Snoopy (Kenan Thompson) and repeatedly declaring "he gets it." The teacher provides bizarre, inappropriate commentary while the Peanuts characters try to perform scenes from the holiday classic. The sketch lovingly parodies both community theater dynamics and the beloved Christmas special.

This is a different sketch from "You're a Rat Bastard, Charlie Brown" from 2012 (ID 509). The costume department recreated the Peanuts characters with incredible accuracy. The opening dance sequence features the full cast performing the iconic moves from the original special. Pig-Pen had little flies on wires attached to his bass guitar as an extra detail. Kenan Thompson's Snoopy featured Joe Cool sunglasses at one point. Sarah Sherman reached her 200th milestone sketch on SNL with this episode. Martin Short was inducted into the Five-Timers Club during this episode. The sketch aired during SNL's 50th anniversary season Christmas episode.