--- description: Watch as the Serial team begins a thorough investigation of the mysteries of Santa Claus title: Watch SNL'S Hilarious Christmas-Themed Serial Parody image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4236eb19a0ed9f0a/6987706ecd1bba79516f455c/screen-shot-2014-12-22-at-10-42-35-am.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Hilarious _SNL_ Serial Parody Is the Ultimate Christmas Present by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2014 3:33 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2014 3:33 PM CUT Ever since the wildly popular true-crime podcast Serial began in October, fans have been wondering if _Saturday Night Live_ would dedicate any sketches to it. _No way_, some people thought, _a podcast could never be big enough to get the SNL treatment._ But those people were wrong! The spinoff of _This American Life_, hosted by Sarah Koenig, was judged zeitgesty enough to earn itself a five-minute sketch — and a really, really great one at that. Cecily Strong stars as Sarah Koenig, who investigates the story of a man named Kris, who has claimed to to leave presents in every home across the globe in just one night. Strong pulls it off beautifully — as does the person who voices Kris (who sounds _just_ like Adnan Syed.) Thank you, kind _SNL_ writers, for this wonderful Christmas gift. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3643958/serial-snl-saturday-night-live-parody/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3643958/serial-snl-saturday-night-live-parody/"},"headline":"This Hilarious SNL Serial Parody Is the Ultimate Christmas Present","datePublished":"2014-12-22T15:33:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:30.334Z","description":"Watch as Sarah Koenig begins a thorough investigation of the mysteries of Santa Claus","url":"https://time.com/3643958/serial-snl-saturday-night-live-parody/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","SNL","Serial"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4236eb19a0ed9f0a/6987706ecd1bba79516f455c/screen-shot-2014-12-22-at-10-42-35-am.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4236eb19a0ed9f0a/6987706ecd1bba79516f455c/screen-shot-2014-12-22-at-10-42-35-am.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live SNL Sarah Koenig","caption":"Saturday Night Live SNL Sarah Koenig","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3643958/serial-snl-saturday-night-live-parody/","name":"This Hilarious SNL Serial Parody Is the Ultimate Christmas Present"}}]}] ```