"What Do I Get My Brother-In-Law?" is a song performed by Sabrina Carpenter, Kyle Mooney and Jillian Bell in the Netflix holiday special A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter. It is part of a comedy sketch featuring Mooney as Carpenter's brother-in-law Dave, and Bell as her sister Amy. In the sketch, Carpenter struggles to think of a gift for Dave as she does not know anything about him, despite knowing him for a decade.
Lyrics[]
My mom loves her purse, daddy loves his telescope
Sammy loves her spy kit, Peter loves his jump rope
Ooh, yeah
My sister Amy gets a bike, brother gets a tambourine
And Amy's husband Dave gets, um, pass
My mom loves cashmere, my father loves photography
And Amy's husband Dave loves Amy
Giving gifts fills me with joy
Wrapping up each little toy
Eyes so brightly ooh and ah
Now what do I get my brother-in-law?
Hey, you haven't given me anything yet
Right
Sammy is a whiz at math, Peter is an athlete
Amy's an adventurer and her husband Dave
I don't really know a lot about
I think he mentioned baseball
Is cash faux pas?
Maybe he likes IPAs
Who is my brother-in-law?
Giving gifts fills me with joy
Wrapping up each little toy
Eyes so brightly ooh and ah
What the— do I get my brother-in-law?
I like food and I like pants
And I like blue and I like music
And I like sports
Okay
I got you a journal and your new perfume
I'm not gonna give you a gift until you give me one
Who is this man? What does he do?
I've known him ten years and I don't have a clue
Ooh, yeah
So what? He just, like, hangs out?
Yeah, when he's not at work
What's his job again?
Oh, I forget
Giving gifts fills me with joy
Wrapping up each little toy
Eyes so brightly ooh and ah
Seriously, what the hell do I get him?
Here is a shaving kit, here is a bracelet
And for my brother-in-law
A phone charger
I love it, I've always needed one of these
You're so interesting
Where'd you get this?
You're like a genius
You're really something special, Sabrina
May I hug you?
Yeah, okay
You really made this a really awesome Christmas
I really care about you
Honey, stop hugging my sister
Oh, I'm sorry about that
What the— do I get my brother-in-law?
Trivia[]
- The song's instrumental is reminiscent of Ariana Grande's hit song "7 Rings".
- Carpenter's fragrance brand Sweet Tooth is indirectly referenced by Amy, as she says she got Carpenter "[her] new perfume".
- At the time of this song's recording, Carpenter's newest perfume was the Cherry Baby fragrance.
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