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Christmas Gifts
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
In this holiday-themed sketch, a mother (Stephnie Weir) experiences an escalating nervous breakdown while shopping with her friends (Alex Borstein and Mo Collins). As she discusses the Christmas gifts she's purchased for her family - a phone for her husband, an Xbox for her daughter, and a DVD player for her mom - she becomes increasingly anxious about whether she made the right choices. Her paranoia intensifies as she obsesses over the fact that she only bought gloves for herself, leading to a comedic meltdown about the disparity in gift giving and the pressure of making everyone happy during the holidays.
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Highly quotable.
It's weird that Susie would have a meltdown after she got a phone for her husband, an Xbox for her daughter & a DVD player for her mom and she only gets gloves
Just a normal Holiday to me
best christmas ever
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This sketch aired as part of a Christmas-themed episode that featured several holiday sketches including Santa's elves worried about anthrax-laced letters, Kenny Rogers wishing the audience Merry Christmas, and Destiny's Child sending messages to troops in Iraq.
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