Emma StoneHost
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The Christmas Candle
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
A trio performs a lavish holiday ballad about an unwanted peach candle. A hurried office gift becomes part of a chain of awkward exchanges, turning an ordinary item into an object of reverence. Soft-focus portraits, wintry costumes and an expanding chorus give the practical business of regifting the scale of a sentimental music video.
The funny people
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Highly quotable.
Don't overthink the candle!
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Sign language interpreter Jodi Upton described being recruited for the video after submitting an interpretation of the song. She filmed four takes and appears in the finished sketch wearing a white sweater and glasses.
Script
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- 00:03
Emma Stone
Everyone knows the story of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. But this is the story of another more powerful Christmas Savior.
- 00:13
Emma Stone
The snow's falling down. It's Christmas time again.
- 00:19
Emma Stone
A woman has to get a gift for some girl at work named Jen. She doesn't know what Jen likes, and she doesn't super care.
- 00:28
Emma Stone
So she goes inside a closet just to see what crap's in there
- 00:34
Emma Stone
In the darkness there's a light Then suddenly she sees the Christmas saviour's here tonight
- 00:42
It's a candle
- 00:44
Aidy Bryant
Each candle's been sitting by a bike pump for a year Dust She takes the candle, does off the candle Then wraps it up for Jen and just sits here
- 01:07
Emma Stone
Fuckin' up in town Two acquaintances are having tea When one puts a present down The other says, wait, what? I mean, I got you something, too And she rummages inside her purse For some garbage that will do And it settles on Something that she had just gotten From her boyfriend's mom
- 01:33
It's a candle, and same with each candle We gift it round the world in just one day The one true candle The candle we all get, then give away
- 01:52
Aidy Bryant
But here's a warning. When you give the candle, that is all that you need.
- 02:00
Aidy Bryant
Don't pair it with a lotion or some lame little crepe.
- 02:05
Aidy Bryant
A lot of people think gifts are better than one. But that just makes each gift seem smaller and dull.
- 02:15
So just give the candle. Don't overthink the candle
- 02:20
Aidy Bryant
It's passed to every single woman And most gays
- 02:25
We all get the candle We all give the candle
- 02:30
That nine dollar candle That almost rude candle We're joined by the candle
- 02:37
It's the gift of having a gift to give away
- 02:42
The gift of having the gift to give away.
- 02:49
Thank you, Kendall.
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