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Ariana Grande Christmas Monologue
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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.
A little extra
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."
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Speaker 1
Ladies and gentlemen, Ariana Grande!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 02:50
Bowen Yang
I can help you, Ari.
- 02:52
Ariana Grande
Can I I just say how much I loved your Lion and Wicked?
- 03:12
Bowen Yang
Thank you.
- 03:13
Ariana Grande
You're welcome.
- 03:14
Bowen Yang
No, no, that was my line in the movie. Thank you.
- 03:16
Ariana Grande
Well, that was really good.
- 03:19
Bowen Yang
What about a bath massage coupon?
- 03:23
Ariana Grande
That could probably freak him out.
- 03:26
Bowen Yang
How about a cameo from Matthew Morrison?
- 03:29
Ariana Grande
That would be freak him out
- 03:33
Sarah Sherman
Maybe he's footwear a... baddie
- 03:36
Ariana Grande
These are clearly women's bras
- 03:39
Kenan Thompson
Overnight A knife, a box of raw oil. -♪
- 03:43
Ariana Grande
Set him into a phylactic shock
- 03:46
Chloe Fineman
A brand-new suit from Big and Tall
- 03:49
Ariana Grande
My cousin's bullet was short and small
- 03:53
Veronika Slowikowska
A bottle of Kirkland shampoo
- 03:56
Ariana Grande
What'd I get for Christmas for this dude? -♪ -♪
- 04:04
Bowen Yang
Every Christmas, all these people on my list
- 04:11
Ariana Grande
have to get something for all my therapists.
- 04:16
Bowen Yang
And my fave barista. And my secret sister.
- 04:23
Ariana Grande
I also have to get about 25 gifts for all the gay guys who do my hair.
- 04:30
Ariana Grande
Is it wrong to just buy socks?
- 04:33
Bowen Yang
Oh he is really into feet TikToks.
- 04:37
Ariana Grande
See about that, know.
- 04:42
Marcello Hernandez
Arianna. Arianna, wait, wait, wait.
- 04:45
Ariana Grande
Marcelo, what is it?
- 04:46
Marcello Hernandez
I'll tell you.
- 04:49
Ariana Grande
Yes, you are taller Taller than I thought.
- 04:53
Marcello Hernandez
Something else.
- 04:54
Ariana Grande
Something else, yeah.
- 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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