An SNL Christmas

I guess it's that time of year again, when the wildly hit-or-miss Saturday Night Live tries to knock a Christmas song or skit out of the park, sometimes with success and others just a swing-and-a-miss.

This year's offering, which features Katy Perry, is probably a triple:



My all-time favorites from "recent" memory, though, are the following. First is Christmastime for the Jews:



Followed by the annoyingly catchy Santa's My Boyfriend:



I'll leave it to you to go find the Schweddy Balls skit.

UPDATE:
It just occurred to me that this is becoming an annual tradition. Well, at least the one with Katy Perry, Matt Damon (just saw him in The Adjustment Bureau two days ago, which wasn't half bad), and Val Kilmer is new.

Another annual tradition? Checking for snow in Hawaii.

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Killer television programming

I like a good drama, but with all the cop shows on TV, I sometimes wonder if we will reach a point where there are more murders on television than there are in real life.

Anyway, Saturday Night Live had a pretty good spoof last night on how police dramas — especially those involving homicide — have become a staple of networks like CBS.



That's right: March is "Gurney Month" on CBS!

Madness.

Midnight mass at Honolulu'sCathedral of Our Lady of Peace

Instead of a local church, it was decided we should go downtown to Honolulu's Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. Apparently a lot of people had gotten there earlier to enjoy Christmas carols, and that meant we were forced into the nosebleed seats. Many of those who got there before us were Christmas-and-Easter Christians, so it was packed.

The upper floors were actually a better way to view this church built in 1864. And they still brought us crackers and wine for the eucharist. At 1 a.m., though, I didn't feel entirely comfortable walking back to the car, which was on a deserted street that during the daytime would be bustling with activity.

On the day part of Christmas Day, I might take a cue from "Christmastime for the Jews" (the above video) and have dim sum in Chinatown. After that, I'll take in a movie (which is a Christmas tradition in the Kushibo abode).

And speaking of musically-themed Saturday Night Live sketches, here's another favorite:

Ah, what the heck... Let's throw in some Schweddy Balls:

And while we're at it, Happy Chanukah. That's both a three-weeks-late greeting for this year, and a fifty-two-week-early greeting for next year, when the holiday will actually run through Christmas like it should.

Finally, for some of homegrown Christmas satire from the K-blogosphere, check out ChickenHead's "T'was the Night Before Christmas on the DMZ."