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A witch celebrating Christmas?
So, I just watched the holiday special.
Or, wait, what am I supposed to call it?
What do you prefer?I think were doing holiday special or solstice special, instead of Christmas special.
Why do a holiday special?You know, its funny we werent originally going to do it.
You know, lots of witches, lots of goblins, Krampus, lots of yuletide demons.
And, basically, we hit pause on the episode.
But instead of celebrating Christmas, the witches would celebrate solstice.
Whose idea was it to have the baddies be Gryla and the Yule Lads?
There had just been a movie about Krampus and Krampus has sort of been adopted by people in Brooklyn.
And that felt great.
I suppose its educational.
Were learning about Scandinavia.Exactly, exactly.
Thats one of the most classic Christmas horror movies.
And that hasthat great Phoebe Cates monologue about her father in the chimney.
Theres just a really proud tradition.
So, it felt ripe for doing something like that.
You have these stark, red title cards that occasionally pop up.
How well-behaved was the baby as an actor?
And how does one cast a baby?Very good question.
The baby was amazing.
We luckily got a very wonderfulbaby who didnt cry much.
A lot of the baby is a very, very realistic-looking fake doll, which we shot a lot.
And then for close ups, wed bring in the baby.
So theres a little bit of sleight of hand there.
It happens a lot when youre taking beloved properties and youre making it dark.
People might be like,No, but this wasnt fun.
I liked it when it was fun.
Theres an innocence to it that not evenRiverdalehas, really.
Thats helped balance the darker, more satanic elements.
But, no, I think the biggest surprise is that people have embraced it so much.
He lives in Dallas.
At the time, my parents lived in Washington, D.C. White-knuckling, not letting go of that.
Her center of gravity has shifted from Baxter High to the Academy of Unseen Arts.
Thats the biggest shift the show has done.
One doesnt typically associate Sabrina with Santa or Christmas.
How did you track that down?In the Archie Comics-verse, holidays are huge.
In fact, thats where Jingles the Christmas Elf comes [from].
So, thats a big Easter egg.
So, actually, we had a plethora to choose from, strangely enough.
