Rounding out our ode to Christmas on a decidedly depressing (yet oddly heartwarming) note, on this Christmas Eve we’re showcasing the stop-motion animated adaptation of W.S. Burroughs’ short story “The Junky’s Christmas”. In the Francis Ford Coppola-produced film, we follow a heroin junky named Danny as he navigates a dreary Christmas day looking for his next fix, only to reveal the actual depth of his selflessness and humanity despite his desperate physical state. Far from your typical Christmas tale, it nonetheless manages to capture perhaps the true meaning of Christmas in its own distinctly bleak, gritty way. Behold:

And, as a special Christmas Eve bonus edition of Weirdo Wednesday, we’ve got an extra (much more lighthearted) present for you via this hilarious sketch from SCTV circa 1981. In it we have the late great John Candy (R.I.P.) and Andrea Martin (R.I.P.) along with Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis parodying a quite peculiar Christmas special starring Orson Welles, Liberace, Elton John, and Ethel Merman. Merry Christmas folks: