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Santa Song
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
Leslie D fronts a vintage holiday singing trio whose elegant performance keeps giving way to embarrassing confessions. She recalls a late-night encounter with Santa, while her two backup singers describe their own attempts to make conversation with him at a Christmas ball. Their stories become increasingly intrusive and inappropriate, undermining the smooth musical presentation. Santa eventually arrives onstage, puts the women at ease and joins their holiday finale.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 4
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Hey, sexy momma. Nice teeth!
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.

Anna Drezen
Writer

Alex English
Writer

Alison Gates
Writer

Kent Sublette
Writer
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:03
Leslie D
Hey Hey, girls, I have a Christmas question for you. Has this ever happened to you?
- 00:09
Backup singer
It sure has, Leslie D.
- 00:12
Leslie D
Wait, I haven't asked you yet.
- 00:14
Backup singer
Asked us what, Leslie D.?
- 00:16
Leslie D
Just let me ask it, and then you'll know.
- 00:18
Backup singer
Okay, don't get mad.
- 00:19
Leslie D
Girls, I'm asking if you've ever dreamed of meeting someone your whole entire life, and then when you finally got the chance, it didn't go quite as planned.
- 00:30
Backup singer
Oh, we know just what you're talking about. but sing about it anyway just in case we don't
- 00:35
Leslie D
it was a winter's night a quarter to three I was dozing by my Christmas tree when he appeared with a full white beard the very guy that I revered I'm talking Santa Santa
- 00:52
I was in the same
- 00:56
Ego Nwodim
You met THE Santa? Like from the Bible?
- 01:00
Backup singer
Were you nervous, Leslie D?
- 01:02
Leslie D
Was I ever, but I said to myself, don't be a fool, be smooth as ice and play it cool. So here is what I said. Hey, sexy mama, nice teeth. Yeah, I made it weird with Santa. Santa.
- 01:22
Backup singer
Why don't you go ahead and call him Mama, Leslie D?
- 01:27
Leslie D
i don't know i was nervous he's famous and i i thought if i winked he'd know i was kidding um does santa hate me it's anyone's guess he said my name and i said yes he asked if i've been naughty or nice and i said who's asking virgin yeah i made it weird with santa santa
- 01:54
Backup singer
What's that even mean, Leslie D?
- 01:56
Leslie D
I don't know. It just came out of my mouth.
- 01:59
Backup singer
Well, what did Santa do?
- 02:00
Leslie D
He gave an odd smile and said, okay, sure. Then he sort of started heading towards the door.
- 02:07
Backup singer
Not the chimney?
- 02:08
Leslie D
No, I think he just wanted to get out of there. So I said, okay, Santa, you do you. And then I made finger guns and I went zoop zoop.
- 02:16
Backup singer
Yikes. What is wrong with you?
- 02:18
Backup singer
Don't feel bad. It happens to us all. We met him once at a Christmas ball How could we converse? But then we should have rehearsed Cause then he asked if we'd been good in here So what we said You tell me, you're in charge, Daddy
- 02:33
Leslie D
Whoa!
- 02:36
Kate McKinnon
I thought I was flirting, I don't know But then I remembered, maybe he has a wife
- 02:39
Kate McKinnon
So then I said, hey Santa So you and Mrs. Claus never had children Was that a conscious decision or was there like a health issue there? Or are the elves your children and you keep trying to make a tall one?
- 02:50
Leslie D
Oh no Oh, then what happened?
- 02:52
Kate McKinnon
He asked me what my name was, and I said, Beth. And he said, get away from me, Beth. I don't think I'm on good terms with Santa, Santa.
- 03:02
Ego Nwodim
But it gets worse, because then I said, sorry, Santa, we'll leave you alone. But just so you know, your zipper is down.
- 03:08
Ego Nwodim
And he said, no, no, that's just the fuzzy seam on my Santa suit. And I said, no, look. And then I touched him down there.
- 03:15
Leslie D
Why?
- 03:16
Ego Nwodim
I don't know, because my brain doesn't work.
- 03:19
We really blew it with Santa Santa He thinks I'm a dodo He thinks I'm a doof My oh my What's that sound on the roof
- 03:31
Santa Claus
Ho ho ho Santa said that I should give you one more chance After all it is Christmas
- 03:41
Leslie D
It's not our fault Santa We're not good in crowds We never know what we'll say out loud
- 03:48
Santa Claus
all is forgiven in fact I bring gifts as a thank you for this jazzy Christmas what.I.P.
- 04:00
Wow!
- 04:01
Santa Claus
What do you say my wife try again
- 04:06
Thank You Santa we're weird but we love you
- 04:10
Santa Claus
hey Santa's a little weird too
- 04:14
MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS
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