The holiday season tends to be a time of reflection, of appreciating the year that’s behind you and allowing yourself to indulge in family, food, and fun while you can. You buy presents for your loved ones, squeeze in some charity for those less fortunate, and hope that neither the snow nor the Black Friday crowds can dampen the mood of the season. Though the holiday season isn’t perfect, given its overly commercial bent, the anxiety that comes from an impending calendar change, and the conflict that can come from family members forced to see one another after a year of living separate lives, it can ultimately be a fabulously rich and rewarding time of year in most circumstances.
On the next episode of At Home with Amy Sedaris, Amy’s holiday season is tested thanks to a cursed nutcracker that threatens her yearly celebrity-packed holiday special. For someone who loves homemaking and hospitality as much as Amy, the holidays, with their focus on community, festive decoration, and the sharing of food, are a time to shine and allow her creativity the opportunity to flourish. This year, though, she’ll have to figure out a way to remove the curse if she wants to fully the enjoy the holidays as much as she normally does. While we’ve seen Amy charm threatening snakes, move past the grief of her dearly departed Ragsdale, and navigate a tense dinner party filled with businessmen, recapturing her holiday spirit will be her greatest hospitality test to date. But what will it take for Amy to produce her best holiday special to date?
At Home with Amy Sedaris airs Tuesdays at 10:30 on truTV.
