Back in 2013, the New York Times reported that Norwegians were enthralled by the TV special National Firewood Night, which climaxed with an eight-hour broadcast of a pile of burning wood. Now, finally, America has a holiday tradition to match: Nick Offerman’s yule log, in which the Parks and Recreation star sits beside a fire, sipping whiskey and silently glowering into the camera, for nearly an hour. (Unlike a traditional yule log, it’s not on a loop.) Like any Christmas, it’s an exercise in Hitchcockian tension: When’s he going to take a sip? Will he cross his legs? And oh gawd, is he mad about that sweater you got him?
45 Minutes of Nick Offerman Silently Glaring Is Your New Favorite Christmas Tradition
