{"id":22725,"date":"2022-12-12T13:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T13:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/snl-riffs-on-a-christmas-carol-apple-pay-in-bloody-holiday-skit\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T13:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T13:18:01","slug":"snl-riffs-on-a-christmas-carol-apple-pay-in-bloody-holiday-skit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/snl-riffs-on-a-christmas-carol-apple-pay-in-bloody-holiday-skit\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL riffs on ‘A Christmas Carol’ & Apple Pay in bloody holiday skit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SNL’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ featuring Apple Pay<\/p>\n


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NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” used Apple Pay<\/a> as the punchline to a sketch that turned the concluding scene from “A Christmas Carol” into a bloodbath. <\/p>\n

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Saturday’s broadcast of “SNL” included a lengthy sketch featuring joint hosts show alumni Steve Martin and Martin Short, performing part of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol.” As you would expect from an SNL skit, the affair turns into a farce very quickly. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Taking place after the visits by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future, Short’s Scrooge wakes up a changed man, before rushing to the window to ask an orphan what day it was. Following the traditional portrayal of the story, Scrooge is told it’s Christmas day, then he asks the orphan to buy food on his behalf. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At this point, the scene departs wildly from the source material, as Scrooge’s attempt to toss a coin at the orphan ends up with it embedded in their eye. Subsequent throws cause further gruesome and bloody injuries, even with the character’s best intention to avoid any potential injury. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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