Before signing off for the holidays, Saturday Night Live welcomed Ariana Grande back to Studio 8H to host the Dec. 20 episode. It was her fifth appearance on the long-running sketch comedy series overall (she previously hosted in seasons 41 and 50 and served as musical guest in seasons 40 and 49),

Saturday's Christmas episode was Yang's last as a cast member, as it was revealed on Friday that he's exiting the sketch comedy series.

That Austin Butler episode—actually the only Christmas episode not hosted by a former cast member since 2018!—also served as a mid-season farewell to longtime cast member Cecily Strong. I’m sure these types of things aren’t actually planned out particularly far in advance;

On his final episode of Saturday Night Live, Bowen Yang crashed Ariana Grande's monologue to sing "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

The former “Wicked” star returned to Studio 8H wearing a strapless satin gown to host a very special holiday episode of the sketch comedy show.

Ariana Grande gets bundled up to go see the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree ends up looking like Randy from 'A Christmas Story.'

Seven of Ariana Grande's albums return to the charts in the U.K., with her Christmas & Chill EP hitting a new high and debuting on multiple rankings.