Hanukkah Harry Saves Christmas

Christians have santa claus but in the 80 s jews got hanukkah harry courtesy of saturday night live.

Hanukkah harry saves christmas. The night hanukkah harry saved christmas. Hanukkah harry saves christmas. Both santa and harry want to ensure all the good gentile girls and boys still receive their presents. I know when you think hanukkah and snl the first thing that pops into your mind is adam sandler s chanukah song.

There ll only be enough christmas to last 1 day but miraculously it ll last 8. He is jokingly presented in the program as playing the same role in the celebration of the jewish holiday of hanukkah that santa claus plays in the celebration of the christian christmas. Episode 9 a show first broadcast on december 16 1989 with guest host andie macdowell in a sketch titled the night hanukkah harry saved christmas that viewers are told is sponsored by hallmark cards in association with the jewish anti defamation league unable to deliver toys to children due to a stomach virus santa calls. Hanukkah harry s first appearance on snl was on season 15.

You are too funny. The night hanukkah harry saved christmas it was brought to us by non other than saturday night live during one of there truly high comedic peaks. S15 e9 9 min highlight comedy late night most recent. Hanukkah harry is a fictional character created for the long running american comedy sketch show saturday night live.

He lives on mount sinai rides a sleigh pulled by reindeer moishe herschel and. Titled the night hanukkah harry saved christmas it tells the story of santa claus played by phil hartman who has fallen ill calling on his friend hanukkah harry to be his substitute on christmas eve. The first appearance of the character was in a saturday night live sketch called the.