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Santa Baby
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Doug and Gina, a couple new to the city, arrive at a neighborhood Christmas party hosted by David and his wife and make it clear that the cookies they brought are reserved for Santa. When David tells his son that Santa will come down later, the couple’s excitement curdles into an unnerving fixation. While the other guests watch in silence, Doug pleads with David, then bullies him into going upstairs to fetch Santa, and Gina asks whether Rudolph is coming too. David returns in a Santa suit, and the pair greet him with an ecstatic dance, tearful embraces, a turn on his lap and a photo, before a bearded figure resembling Santa is glimpsed peering in through a window.
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Uh-uh-uh, those are for Santa.
I cannot, in good conscience, pass on an opportunity to thank that beautiful man for bringing me presents every Christmas until my parents left at a very young age.
Rudolph isn't here, Gina.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Jeremy Beiler
Writer
Rhys Thomas
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Vanessa Bayer said on a 2021 episode of Watch What Happens Live that Ryan Gosling improvised much of his performance, including a moment where he starts yelling that the cast did not know was coming. IMDb’s episode credits list the film under the segment title "Holiday Party". SNL Archives identifies the song used in the film as Ricky Nelson’s "I Will Follow You".
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Thank you so much.
- 00:03
Gina
Thank you so much for inviting Doug and I to your holiday party.
- 00:07
Doug
Christmas is our favorite time of year, but since we're new to the city, we weren't sure who we were going to spend it with, you know? I mean, besides Santa.
- 00:16
Wife
Well, welcome to the neighborhood, and thank you so much for those Christmas cookies.
- 00:20
Doug
Uh-uh-uh, those are for Santa.
- 00:22
David
Oh, too bad we're out of milk. He's going to have to settle for bourbon instead.
- 00:29
Doug
Santa doesn't drink. He's got to drive the sleigh.
- 00:35
Gina
You're so smart, Sweetie.
- 00:37
Hmm. Hmm. Hmm.
- 00:40
Son
Dad?
- 00:41
David
Hey.
- 00:41
Son
Is Santa coming soon?
- 00:43
David
Tell you what, bud. I'm gonna go up there in a couple minutes and see if he's ready to come down and talk to the kids.
- 00:49
Gina
he's upstairs
- 00:59
Doug
we Well, we'd very much like to meet him.
- 01:01
yeah Yeah.
- 01:04
David
Well, anyway, Cindy and I drove up to Yosemite last month.
- 01:08
Wife
Oh, gosh. That must have been gorgeous.
- 01:10
Doug
Wait. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Is Santa here? Yes or no?
- 01:15
David
Uh, I mean, yeah, he usually makes an appearance.
- 01:20
Gina
He's here, baby. I love
- 01:21
Doug
I love you so much, and he's here, but he's gonna get to meet him, baby.
- 01:25
Gina
I love you so much, baby.
- 01:27
Doug
Yeah, you mean Santa, baby. I love you, baby.
- 01:31
Okay, okay. Okay, here we go. Oh, baby. know.
- 01:36
Doug
David? David, now, I know you don't know us very well. We're just new to this neighborhood. But I promise you, we won't let you down on this. Okay? You can trust us on this.
- 01:57
David
I don't know what you think is going on here tonight, but you're not gonna meet the real Santa.
- 02:05
Doug
No. No. Uh-uh. Can't do that, David. I'm sorry. I cannot, in good conscience, pass on an opportunity to thank that beautiful man for bringing me presents every Christmas until my parents left at a very young age.
- 02:20
Gina
I want to meet Rudolph.
- 02:23
David
Rudolph isn't here, Gina.
- 02:27
Gina
Then how the f***? Then how the did Santa get here, David?
- 02:32
David
All right, just relax.
- 02:33
Doug
I don't I don't know why you're doing what you're doing, David. Do you think that me and my baby aren't good enough to meet Santa? Is that it? Is that what you think, Dad?
- 02:46
David
No, I don't. You're good enough.
- 02:47
Doug
Here's what we're gonna do. Everybody's gonna stay where they are, and you're gonna go upstairs, and you're gonna get that beautiful ancient man, and you're gonna bring him down here, okay?
- 02:57
David
I don't understand what you want me to do.
- 03:00
Doug
Don't get Santa!
- 03:02
I
- 03:03
Gina
It's gonna be Santa, baby. Whoo!
- 03:05
Doug
I love you. I love you so much, baby.
- 03:10
Guest
Well, happy holidays, everybody. I think I beat the traffic.
- 03:14
Doug
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why is everybody so tense? It's a party, right? Baby, give me some music.
- 03:22
Gina
Okay, baby. Okay.
- 03:32
Speaker 1
I must follow you Ever since you touched my hand I know That near you
- 03:45
Doug
Yeah, baby.
- 03:48
I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared, too. It's gonna be okay.
- 03:56
David
Ho, ho, ho.
- 03:59
Doug
It is you!
- 04:02
Doug
Come on. You look good, bud. You lost weight.
- 04:08
Gina
Baby, I want to sit on Santa's lap.
- 04:12
Doug
Give me a chair.
- 04:14
Doug
Have a seat, buddy.
- 04:20
David
Okay.
- 04:23
Doug
Cuisinart.
- 04:29
Gina
I want a picture of this. Smile.
- 04:34
David
OK. Merry Christmas, sir!
- 04:39
Doug
Say it like you mean it!
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