12/20/2025
š° NEWS FLASH: Colbertās āCanceled Christmasā sketch drops Santa into āAlligator Alcatrazā with one line that feels uncomfortable on-the-nose ā”
Santa doesnāt stroll into this Christmas bit with jingling bells ā heās marched in like a prisoner, swallowed by swamp-light shadows and razor-wire vibes. In Stephen Colbertās āCanceled Christmasā sketch, the North Pole cheer gets slammed into a bizarre new setting: āAlligator Alcatraz,ā a joke-location so nasty it lands like a cold splash of reality.
The premise moves fast: holiday joy meets hard-edged detention imagery, and the laughter catches in your throat. Then comes the line ā the one that feels a little too precise, too on-the-nose ā turning a silly seasonal gag into something sharper, darker, and weirdly specific.
Was it just satire doing its job⦠or did Colbert accidentally step on a nerve America canāt stop touching?
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