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This will be a brief review of Michael Buble's Christmas in the City (2021).

I have definitely missed viewing his Christmas specials and enjoyed this one as well except for a couple of things.

I thought that having the special on the "Saturday Night Live" set was a bad idea. The set is just too small and cramped for this particular special and especially his orchestra. Also, the SNL set is a distraction because it screams out SNL's set!

The second issue that I had with the special was the appearance of "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon. I get that "Saturday Night Live" and "Tonight Show" producer Lorne Michaels' production company was involved, but seriously does he have to keep shoving Jimmy Fallon down our throats? Sorry, but Fallon has a horrible singing voice and just comes off like a brown nosing tool.

I did enjoy watching the special and would recommend it minus my two complaints.

I've enjoyed NBC's New Years Eve specials in the past but the 2021edition was dreadful because of the edition of Amber Ruffin. Carson Daly and Twitch from the "Ellen Degeneres Show" were great but Ruffin was just plain annoying. It felt like I was watching a preteen bouncing around on set who felt that she was being cool. It also felt like she was trying to upstage Daly and Twitch. I understand that NBCUniversal has given her a talk show on their streaming platform Peacock, and that they want to promote her but still she wasn't the right fit for the show. She would have been great on a Nickelodeon show for kids.

I hope that next year NBC does not include her as a co-host on the special or else I'll be forced to watch one of their competitors.