--- description: Watch Adele's music save an awkward Thanksgiving title: Watch Adele Save Thanksgiving on SNL image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Adele Save Thanksgiving on _SNL_ ## Video: Donald Trump Envisions Life As President On SNL [Watch (HLS stream): Donald Trump Envisions Life As President On SNL](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yxXUO63Y.m3u8) (1:02)  _Published 2015-11-08. Donald Trump returned to the Saturday Night Live stage for the first time since 2004._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 22, 2015 3:09 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 22, 2015 3:09 PM CUT There are certain topics that should not be discussed at the Thanksgiving table (politics, for example) but when they are, having Adele on hand is highly recommended. In a recent _Saturday Night Live_ skit, a family dinner was close to going off the rails after issues like ISIS were raised remarkably quickly. Luckily a young girl at the table had the good instinct to play Adele’s hit single “Hello”, turning an awkward family meal into an Adele-sing-a-long. Watch the skit above. Adele herself performed “When We Were Young” on _SNL._ The performance was Adele’s first live American TV performance, [according to ](http://www.people.com/article/adele-snl-video-when-we-were-young "undefined")[_People_](http://www.people.com/article/adele-snl-video-when-we-were-young "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4123573/adele-thanksgiving-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4123573/adele-thanksgiving-snl/"},"headline":"Watch Adele Save Thanksgiving on SNL","datePublished":"2015-11-22T15:09:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:49:51.573Z","description":"If you're at an awkward Thanksgiving this year, you now know what to do.","url":"https://time.com/4123573/adele-thanksgiving-snl/","keywords":["celebrities","SNL","Adele","Thanksgiving"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4123573/adele-thanksgiving-snl/","name":"Watch Adele Save Thanksgiving on SNL"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Donald Trump Envisions Life As President On SNL","description":"Donald Trump returned to the Saturday Night Live stage for the first time since 2004.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/yxXUO63Y/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-08T13:18:48.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yxXUO63Y.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4123573/adele-thanksgiving-snl/","duration":"PT1M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4123573/adele-thanksgiving-snl/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```