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Ariana Grande Christmas Monologue

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The setup

On the Christmas episode, Ariana Grande turns Mariah Carey's holiday standard into a lament about having no idea what to buy her cousin's boyfriend, Steve.

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I panicked and ordered a Yeti mug, the Christmas equivalent of a shrug

How about a Cameo from Matthew Morrison?

Well, in that case, I'll be getting nothing

The premise

Here’s the bit.

Hosting SNL's Christmas episode, Ariana Grande opens with a joke about sequels before admitting that holiday shopping for people she barely knows stresses her out. To the tune of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," she sings about her cousin's quiet boyfriend Steve, whose name she keeps getting wrong, and blames her packed Wicked: For Good press schedule for a panic-bought Yeti mug. Bowen Yang, in his final episode as a cast member, arrives to help, trades a teasing exchange about his one line in Wicked, then pitches a bath massage coupon and a Cameo from Matthew Morrison. The rest of the cast pile on with worse ideas, from raw oysters and a Big and Tall suit to a bottle of Kirkland shampoo, and the song widens into the obligatory gifts for therapists, baristas and hairstylists. Just as Grande settles on socks, Marcello Hernández pulls her aside with news that her cousin has dumped Steve, and she happily belts that she will be getting him nothing.

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Notes from the archive.

This was Ariana Grande's third time hosting SNL. The episode was also Bowen Yang's last as a cast member; news of his mid-season departure broke the day before. SNL Archives titles the song "What Do I Get For Christmas."

ScriptEnglish · 39 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:00

    Speaker 1

    Ladies and gentlemen, Ariana Grande!

  2. 00:28

    Ariana Grande

    Thank you, thank you, thank you very It is so good to be here tonight hosting the Christmas episode of SNL. The first Last time I hosted was a year ago and so many people have been asking me if I'll revisit any of my sketches from last time. Like, you know, Domingo.

  3. 00:47

    Ariana Grande

    But I told them, I don't think so. When something is perfect, it doesn't need a sequel. That's That's why I just finished filming Meet the Parents 4.

  4. 01:00

    Ariana Grande

    December is my favorite time of year in New York. I love the decorations, I love the snow on the ground, I love shopping for all of my loved ones, but I have to admit, I get a little stressed shopping for certain other people in my life. You know what I mean? Maybe you can relate.

  5. 01:16

    Ariana Grande

    Oh, thank you. I don't know what to get for Christmas for my cousin's boyfriend, Steve. I don't know a thing about him All I see in the Christmas scene My cousin says that he's her rock I've never heard him talk Is a gift card or...

  6. 01:56

    Ariana Grande

    What do I get for Christmas for this dude? I've been shocked a lot for Christmas, because my schedule's never free.

  7. 02:41

    Ariana Grande

    Oh, Steve, Steve, I'm sorry, it's Steve. But I'm serious. All I want for Christmas is to know what to get for the people that I don't know that well. All suggestions are welcome.

  8. 02:50

    Bowen Yang

    I can help you, Ari.

  9. 02:52

    Ariana Grande

    Can I I just say how much I loved your Lion and Wicked?

  10. 03:12

    Bowen Yang

    Thank you.

  11. 03:13

    Ariana Grande

    You're welcome.

  12. 03:14

    Bowen Yang

    No, no, that was my line in the movie. Thank you.

  13. 03:16

    Ariana Grande

    Well, that was really good.

  14. 03:19

    Bowen Yang

    What about a bath massage coupon?

  15. 03:23

    Ariana Grande

    That could probably freak him out.

  16. 03:26

    Bowen Yang

    How about a cameo from Matthew Morrison?

  17. 03:29

    Ariana Grande

    That would be freak him out

  18. 03:33

    Sarah Sherman

    Maybe he's footwear a... baddie

  19. 03:36

    Ariana Grande

    These are clearly women's bras

  20. 03:39

    Kenan Thompson

    Overnight A knife, a box of raw oil. -♪

  21. 03:43

    Ariana Grande

    Set him into a phylactic shock

  22. 03:46

    Chloe Fineman

    A brand-new suit from Big and Tall

  23. 03:49

    Ariana Grande

    My cousin's bullet was short and small

  24. 03:53

    Veronika Slowikowska

    A bottle of Kirkland shampoo

  25. 03:56

    Ariana Grande

    What'd I get for Christmas for this dude? -♪ -♪

  26. 04:04

    Bowen Yang

    Every Christmas, all these people on my list

  27. 04:11

    Ariana Grande

    have to get something for all my therapists.

  28. 04:16

    Bowen Yang

    And my fave barista. And my secret sister.

  29. 04:23

    Ariana Grande

    I also have to get about 25 gifts for all the gay guys who do my hair.

  30. 04:30

    Ariana Grande

    Is it wrong to just buy socks?

  31. 04:33

    Bowen Yang

    Oh he is really into feet TikToks.

  32. 04:37

    Ariana Grande

    See about that, know.

  33. 04:42

    Marcello Hernandez

    Arianna. Arianna, wait, wait, wait.

  34. 04:45

    Ariana Grande

    Marcelo, what is it?

  35. 04:46

    Marcello Hernandez

    I'll tell you.

  36. 04:49

    Ariana Grande

    Yes, you are taller Taller than I thought.

  37. 04:53

    Marcello Hernandez

    Something else.

  38. 04:54

    Ariana Grande

    Something else, yeah.

  39. 04:55

    Ariana Grande

    My cousin broke up with Steve, so he won't be at Christmas? Wow! Well, in that case... Oh!

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