‘SNL’ Spoofs Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Movies, Addresses Brides Kissing Ad Controversy

Two years after Saturday Night Live skewered Hallmark Channel’s Christmas movies in a cut-for-time sketch, NBC’s program this holiday season aired a new parody of Hallmark’s signa…

, NBC’s program this holiday season aired a new parody of Hallmark’s signature franchise.

In fact, tonight’s skit was somewhat of a sequel to the 2017 sketch, featuring some of the same Hallmark Christmas movie character types and tropes, a big-city career woman, a young Santa, a black character with no backstory, a prince, a Christmas tree farm, a snow globe and a gazebo.a Hallmark dating show created by the algorithm that makes Hallmark holiday movies.

Conservative group One Million Moms launched a campaign threatening boycott and urging the cable network to pull the ad, which they claimed promoted “the LGBT agenda.” The network complied, prompting #BoycottHallmark to start trending on Twitter.“The true reason for Christmas is husband,” Aidy Bryant’s dating show host said. “I’m Emily Kringle for Hallmark, reminding you to stay straight out there.

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