The final “Saturday Night Live” of 2022 proved doubly emotional, as it was announced mere hours before the episode aired that it would be Cecily Strong’s final “SNL.” She said her own goodbye as recurring character Cathy Anne on Weekend Update earlier in the night, but an iconic “SNL” moment was born towards the end of the show as the entire cast and host Austin Butler sang “Blue Christmas” as a farewell to Strong – and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
What opened as a sketch at Radio Shack soon turned genuine, as Kenan Thompson said, “As some of you know this is Cecily’s last day working at Radio Shack,” before reminiscing about “eight incredible years.”