# The Christmas Special this country really needs right now

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 25, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christmas-special-this-country-really-needs-right-now/926450 "2020-11-25T22:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christmas-special-this-country-really-needs-right-now/926450/1 "2020-11-25T22:29:43Z")

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_The Alone Home Holiday Special_ starring Puddles Pity Party!  
“In addition to Puddles, performers include Mandy Harvey, Storm Large, Gaelynn Lea, Alex Edelman, Jonathan Burns, Heather Witt-Owens, and BogeyThornton, with an impressive array of special guests including Michael Stipe, Patton Oswalt, Jack Black, Weird Al Yankovic, Howie Mandel, painter Mark Ryden, Santa Claus, and more.”

[Michael Stipe, Weird Al & more appearing on Puddle Pity Party’s holiday special (brooklynvegan.com)](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/michael-stipe-weird-al-more-appearing-on-puddle-pity-partys-holiday-special/)

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**Author:** ![CoconutPete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coconutpete/32/5294_2.png) [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christmas-special-this-country-really-needs-right-now/926450/2 "2020-11-26T04:55:59Z")

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If you hit Patton Oswald in the head with a hammer, he turns in to 10 gold coins!