55 of our favorite “Saturday Night Live” Christmas sketches

Believe it or not, we’re only four days away from Christmas. Every year, it seems to creep up on us more and more. And so this year, we figured we’d honor the holiday season by taking a look back at some classic holiday sketches from SNL. Sketches include Alec Baldwin reminding elves to “Always Be Cobbling”, Master Thespian as Santa, Mark Wahlberg talking time Christmas animals, Gerald Ford putting an ornament on the tree, Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah Song, Tracy Morgan’s romantic gift ideas, Drunk Uncle and Drunker Uncle sharing holiday tips, Mister Robinson’s Christmas advice, and more.

Glengarry Glen Christmas: Elf Motivation
In this parody of Glengarry Glen Ross, Winter’s Breath (Alec Baldwin) is an elf sent by Santa to motivate elves (Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers) building toys for Christmas, reminding them to “Always Be Cobbling.”

Dysfunctional Family Christmas
A commercial for the album Dysfunctional Family Christmas, featuring songs like “Let’s Pretend We Like Each Other (This Christmas),” “The Almost Perfect Christmas,” and more that highlight family tensions during the holiday season.

Two A-holes Buying A Christmas Tree
Buying a Christmas tree has never been this hard.

TV Funhouse: Christmastime For The Jews
This retro-looking Rankin/Bass-style animation combined with a Phil Spector-esque song (sung by Darlene Love) that shows all the great things the Jews get to do while the Christians are away celebrating Christmas.

Master Thespian Plays Santa Claus
When Master Thespian (Jon Lovitz) is hired to play Santa Claus at Macy’s, he scares children, annoys parents, forgets his lines and ultimately fakes his own death.

John Malkovich Reads ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
For this Christmas episode of SNL, host John Malkovich reads ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas to a group of kids, and gets real as he offers his own dark and cynical commentary on the story.

Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood: Christmas
Mr. Robinson (Eddie Murphy) talks about Christmas being the season for giving… and taking. He shows us the word of the day, X-Mas, and another X word he knows: X-Con.

NPR’s Delicious Dish: Schweddy Balls
On their Christmas show, NPR hosts Margaret Jo McCullin (Ana Gasteyer) and Terry Rialto (Molly Shannon) welcome baker Pete Schweddy (Alec Baldwin) to “The Delicious Dish” to discuss his famous holiday dessert: Schweddy balls.

Motivational Santa
Matt Foley, now a store Santa, motivates children to stop being naughty.

North Pole News Report
A news report from the North Pole covers a horrific accident at Santa’s workshop.

I Wish It Was Christmas Today
Watch performances of “I Wish It Was Christmas Today,” performed by Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, Tracy Morgan and Chris Kattan. The sketch has been performed many times over and even made the leap to late night with a duet with The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas.

Elf On The Shelf
Scrappy the elf (Jason Momoa) reports back to Santa (Beck Bennett) on how his assigned child is behaving.

It’s A Wonderful Life: The Lost Ending
“William Shatner introduces the never-before-seen lost ending of It’s a Wonderful Life, where George Bailey (Dana Carvey) and the people of Bedford Falls take bloody revenge on Old Man Potter (Jon Lovitz).”

Christmas Tree Lot
A Christmas tree salesman (James Franco) is too emotionally invested in his trees, and ends up in a relationship with one.

Weekend Update: Tim Meadows on Kwanza
Tim Meadows turns a talk about Kwanzaa into a song with his backup singers, the Kwanzettes (Vanessa Williams, Janice Pendarvis), singing about Kwanzaa Tim making sweet sweet love.

Adam Sandler: The Hanukkah Song
After noticing a lack of Hanukkah tunes, Adam Sandler decided to sing a Hanukkah song about all the famous Jewish people you might not know about such as David Lee Roth, Goldie Hawn and The Three Stooges.

Best Christmas Ever
“A couple (Matt Damon, Cecily Strong) sits down to reflect on a great Christmas with their family as they quietly remember the horror.”

Home For The Holidays
A family (Eddie Murphy, Maya Rudolph, Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim) gathers around the dinner table to reflect on the holidays.

You’re A Rat Bastard, Charlie Brown
The New York Actor’s Studio puts an edgy twist on an old classic with “You’re a Rat Bastard, Charlie Brown.” It’s Charlie Brown by way of Brooklyn with actors including Al Pacino (Bill Hader) and Larry David (Martin Short).

Rudolph’s Big Night
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Pete Davidson) takes out some pent up frustration on his colleagues (Beck Bennett, Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson).

Sump’n Claus
Everybody’s been naughty, so if you’ve been crossed off Santa’s list, you’ll still get a visit from Sump’n Claus (Kenan Thompson).

Stu
Santa Claus (Jason Bateman) receives a series of Christmas letters from an insistent man (Pete Davidson).

Michael Bublè Christmas Duets
Singer Michael Bublé records a new album of Christmas duets with celebrities including Sting (Jimmy Fallon), Taylor Swift (Kristen Wiig), Justin Bieber (Jimmy Fallon), M.I.A. (Nasim Pedrad), Thom York (Fred Armisen) and more.

Visit With Santa Cold Open
“Santa Claus (Kenan Thompson) and his elf (Kate McKinnon) field some uncomfortable Christmas present requests.“

Special Offer
Chad and Victoria Douglas (Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer) share Christmas highlights from their variety show.

Debbie Downer: Christmas Eve w/ Santa
Debbie Downer (Rachel Dratch) meets Santa Claus (Jack Black) on Christmas Eve, 1978, after he comes sliding down the chimney, then sits on Saint Nicholas’ lap and manages to depress even the jolliest man who ever lived.

Bring It On Down to Wrappinville
Christmas wrapping singers (Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon) duke it out with a vendor (Aidy Bryant) for business over the holidays.

Christmas in Australia
Hugh Jackman explains the differences between the holidays in America and Australia, such as how his dad (Will Ferrell) would always have to fight the Christmas Kangaroo and get sodomized when he lost.

Santa’s My Boyfriend
While trimming a Christmas tree, three ladies (Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Kristin Wiig) find they have someone in common as they break into song.

Christmas Sing Along
A couple (Chris Hemsworth, Cecily Strong) forces their friends (Sasheer Zamata, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Taran Killam) to sing along to “Debra’s Time”.

Christmas Bar
Two men (Kyle Mooney, Casey Affleck) get into a bar fight over a woman (Vanessa Bayer).

Weekend Update: Tracy Morgan on Romantic Holiday Gift Ideas
Tracy Morgan offers suggestions for romantic gifts for the holidays that include a homemade coupon book with a “come home now” card, a bag of weed and dirty looking thongs to make her assume you’re thinking about her during sex.

Consumer Probe: Irwin Mainway
In a review of holiday gifts, toy company president Irwin Mainway (Dan Aykroyd) defends his company’s products, Bag O’ Glass and a teddy bear with a built-in chainsaw, then claims traditional toys are extremely dangerous.

Weekend Update: Stefan on the Holiday’s Hottest Tips
Stefon (Bill Hader) joins Seth Meyers to provide New York City tourists with holiday tips that include a club created by Menorah the Explorer, the classic film A Fish Called Kwanzaa and the charity Doctors Without Boners.

D*ck in a Box
In this SNL Digital Short, Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg perform a seductive song about a very special gift box they give to women. Can you believe this sketch won an Emmy?

Santa’s Workshop
After months at a spa, a newly fit Santa Claus (Paul Rudd) visits the elves’ workshop and introduces his sexy new friend Candice (Kate McKinnon). They rebel after he bans candy and orders them to make exercise equipment, not toys.

Hot Tub Christmas
Three ghosts (Scarlett Johansson, Niall Horan, Cecily Strong) who haunt a hot tub tell the story of how they died to a couple (Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim).

(Do It On My) Twin Bed
When you’re home for the holidays, sometimes you’ve got to get busy on your childhood twin bed.

Christmas Eve at the White House
President Ford (Chevy Chase) chats with a White House butler (Garrett Morris), hangs stockings upside down, starts an address to the nation early and knocks over the Christmas tree while trying to put an ornament on top.

Bush’s Christmas Message
A Christmas message from President Bush at the White House, with Dan Quayle sleeping peacefully in front of his desk.

Jingle Barack
It’s the last Christmas with President Obama and even Jesus (Casey Affleck) is marking it.

It’s A Wonderful Trump
Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) gets his wish to have never been president granted and sees how the lives of Michael Cohen (Ben Stiller), Brett Kavanaugh (Matt Damon), Robert Mueller (Robert De Niro) and more have changed in an alternate reality.

Season’s Greetings From Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein II
Tarzan (Kevin Nealon), Tonto (Jon Lovitz) and Frankenstein (Phil Hartman) take a moment to sing the classic Christmas carol, “Deck the Halls“.

Guy Fieri’s Full Throttle Christmas Special
Food Network host Guy Fieri (Bobby Moynihan) invites his celebrity friends over for a Full Throttle Christmas Special, with Kid Rock (Brooks Wheelan), Criss Angel (Kyle Mooney), Dog the Bounty Hunter (John Goodman) and more.

Singing Elves
Two elves (Scarlett Johansson, Kenan Thompson) at a department store sing a strange Christmas song.

Ex-Convict Mall Santa
Gene (Colin Quinn), an ex-convict and mall Santa, takes offense when a parent (Nathan Lane) tells him how to do his job, but it’s the only job he can get since he just got done doing 12 years in prison for home invasion and murder.

Mark Wahlberg Talks to Christmas Animals
Mark Wahlberg (Andy Samberg) talks to Christmas animals, like sheep, partridges and Rudolph the Reindeer and asks what they think about his movies, before telling them to “say hi to your mother for me.

Christmas Whistle
In this TCM classic movie, a man (John Goodman) gets fired, then learns the true meaning of Christmas: a whistle that shows someone is watching over you. The whistling disturbs his family and neighbors until he acts heroically.

Rockefeller’s Christmas Message
David Rockefeller (Phil Hartman) asks people not to judge the Japanese, because the Rockefellers are just as evil. His Christmas message is not to judge by the color of your skin, but the blackness of your soul.

Weekend Update: Drunk Uncle on Christmas
Seth welcomes Drunk Uncle to Weekend Update for his take on Christmas. Drunker Uncle joins him.

Christmas Morning
A family (Kristen Wiig, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Chloe Fineman) shows off what they received for Christmas this year.

Blue Christmas
A RadioShack manager (Kenan Thompson) celebrates Cecily Strong’s last day with the help of casual Elvis (Austin Butler).

White Elephant
Things don’t go as expected during a white elephant gift exchange at a holiday party.

A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol takes an unexpected turn.

Jennifer Coolidge Is Impressed By Christmas Stuff
Jennifer Coolidge (Chloe Fineman) browses Christmas things.