This SNL sketch proves Adele has the power to save your family's awkward Thanksgiving dinner

Saturday Night Live takes on the awkward Thanksgiving dinner
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Already bracing yourself for uncomfortable political discussions with extended family this Thanksgiving? Saturday Night Live has a sketch for that.

Just as the family gets too into talk of Syrian refugees, the Islamic State, and protests against police brutality, a very smart little girl at the table makes a clutch decision: She flips on "Hello" by Adele.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.