--- description: The Holderness Family Christmas Jammies video parodies the song i by Kendrick Lamar title: Watch a Family in Elf PJs Ambush New Yorkers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Family in Elf PJs Ambush New Yorkers  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 8:59 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 8:59 PM CUT The family that has become famous on the Internet for dancing in pajamas has released a new video for the holidays. And, of course, they are dancing in pajamas. In an approximately three-minute parody of Kendrick Lamar’s “i” called “Elfed,” former TV journalists Penn Holderness and his wife Kim, along with their eight-year-old daughter Lola and 5-year-old son Penn Charles, dress up like elves and dance for people a block away from Radio City Music Hall. The Raleigh, North Carolina, family [first went viral](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/17/man-raps-about-his-vasectomy-in-viral-christmas-card-video/ "undefined") two years ago with “Christmas Jammies,” a music video in which former news anchor Penn Holderness rapped about getting a vasectomy in red-and-green-striped pajamas. The antics were so goofy that they inspired a [_Saturday Night Live_ sketch](http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/saturday-night-live-recap-amy-adams-one-direction.html# "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4152052/holderness-new-christmas-jammies-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4152052/holderness-new-christmas-jammies-video/"},"headline":"Watch a Family in Elf PJs Ambush New Yorkers","datePublished":"2015-12-16T20:59:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:51.537Z","description":"And you thought your family was embarrassing...","url":"https://time.com/4152052/holderness-new-christmas-jammies-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family & Relationships"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4152052/holderness-new-christmas-jammies-video/","name":"Watch a Family in Elf PJs Ambush New Yorkers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4152052/holderness-new-christmas-jammies-video/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4152052/holderness-new-christmas-jammies-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```