Christina Milian and Devale Ellis Slay a Sexy “Santa Baby” Lip Sync in Netflix’s ‘Meet Me Next Christmas’

Published Nov. 6, 2024, 12:00 p.m. ET

Halloween is complete and Christmas is here—at least, according to Netflix, it is. Meet Me Next Christmas, which began streaming today, is nan first of galore Netflix original vacation movies coming to nan streamer successful 2024. And it comes pinch plentifulness of Christmas cheer—like erstwhile popular prima Christina Milian and erstwhile master shot subordinate Devale Ellis performing a “Santa Baby” articulator sync, and perfectly crushing it.

Directed by Rusty Cundieff, pinch a screenplay by Molly Haldeman and Camilla Rubis, Meet Me Next Christmas stars Milian arsenic as Layla, a female who has a picture-perfect airdrome meet-cute pinch a handsome feline named James (Kofi Siriboe). The only problem? Layla already has a boyfriend. James makes her a deal: If, for immoderate reason, they are some azygous adjacent Christmas, they will meet astatine nan Pentatonix performance astatine Radio City.

When Layla and her fellow break-up correct earlier nan adjacent Christmas Eve, she figures it’s meant to beryllium pinch James. But she doesn’t person a summons to nan sold-out Pentatonix show. She hires a concierge named Teddy (Devale Ellis) to find her a ticket. The stakes are precocious for Teddy, too—his customer reviews aren’t great, and his leader tells him his occupation is connected nan line. But apparently, successful this universe, Pentatonix tickets are much difficult to get than a Taylor Swift concert. Let nan chaotic goose pursuit begin.

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After a agelong time of shenanigans, Layla and Teddy yet person a lead connected a ticket, acknowledgment to Teddy’s relative Jordy (played by Kalen Allen), who performs arsenic a section resistance queen. All Layla and Teddy person to do is simply a triumph a Christmas-themed articulator sync battle, and nan summons is theirs! Easy, right? Of people not! But Jordy trains his protégées and gets them up to velocity connected nan choreography arsenic champion he can.

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The difficult activity pays off: Layla and Teddy slay (sleigh?) their sensual articulator sync capacity of Eartha Kitt’s deed single, “Santa Baby,” which, arsenic we each know, is nan sexiest Christmas song. First, Milian sashays connected shape successful a sparkly, skin-tight jumpsuit, followed by Teddy successful a full-on Santa costume. Milian takes a spot successful Santa’s lap, gives him conscionable nan hint of a thigh dance, and past yanks disconnected his beard and hat.

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At this point, Ellis hops retired of his sleigh and starts spitting bars. Well, lip-syncing bars, astatine least. Then he and Milian execute nan remainder of their regular pinch an due magnitude of sass and sparkle. Milian’s years of popular prima trying nary uncertainty came successful handy. And Ellis—who had a short stint successful nan NFL pinch nan Lions and Browns successful nan 2000s—definitely has immoderate moves, too.

Even though they don’t triumph nan tickets successful nan end, they are winners successful my heart. They surely hurried down that chimney, alright!