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The Night Christopher Lennertz Shook Hollywood
The Creative Arts Emmys are usually a polished affair—an evening where the spotlight falls not on movie stars or sitcom darlings, but on the artists who build the bones of television: the writers, the editors, the musicians. Yet in 2025, that quiet ceremony exploded with one of the most unexpected moments in recent Emmy history.
Christopher Lennertz, a name respected in Hollywood but hardly ever whispered on red carpets, strode onto the stage with a grin that betrayed both disbelief and triumph. In his hand, clutched tight, was the golden Emmy statue. His victory wasn’t for a sweeping score in a prestige drama or a lush orchestral suite. It was for something far more subversive: a satirical song from The Boys titled “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas.”
The irony of the moment wasn’t lost on anyone in the room. A biting, irreverent track—one that mocked the commercialization and politicization of holiday culture—had just conquered the most traditional of Hollywood stages. Lennertz, who had been nominated twice before without a win, looked out at the audience, his voice shaking as he said, “I never thought my first Emmy would come from the most blasphemous Christmas carol ever written.” The crowd erupted in laughter, then in applause.
But what made the moment electric wasn’t just the song. It was the company he had beaten. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, the powerhouse duo behind Frozen, had been the presumed frontrunners with “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” from Marvel’s Agatha All Along. Nicholas Britell, composer of Succession, and Tony Gilroy, architect of Andor, had crafted a haunting anthem that many critics thought untouchable. Adam Sandler, celebrating half a century in comedy, had co-written a nostalgic ballad for SNL50: The Anniversary Special. And Kristen Wiig’s heartfelt collaboration “Harper and Will Go West” was whispered to be a dark horse.
Yet it was Lennertz—the veteran composer who had scored everything from Supernatural to blockbuster comedies—who walked away with the prize.
Backstage, whispers filled the air. Some said this was a turning point: proof that satire, when sharpened to a blade, could cut through the noise of traditional Hollywood songwriting. Others speculated that Emmy voters were making a statement, honoring the daring, the audacious, the musicians willing to push television into uncomfortable territory.
But there was another layer of intrigue. According to insiders, Lennertz almost didn’t submit the song at all. Amazon executives, worried about how Emmy voters would react to the parody’s religious overtones, debated pulling it from contention. “It’s too risky,” one exec reportedly said in a leaked email. Lennertz, however, insisted. “If The Boys is about anything,” he argued, “it’s about taking risks. If this song offends, then it’s doing its job.”
The gamble paid off.
That same weekend, the Emmys honored giants of music: Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Hans Zimmer. Lamar, in particular, cemented his place in history by winning his second Emmy for his visionary Super Bowl Halftime Show. Yet even in the shadow of those legends, Lennertz’s win felt seismic. The song, after all, wasn’t just a track—it was a cultural flashpoint. Within hours of his acceptance speech, “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas” shot up on streaming platforms, dominating playlists far beyond the show’s fandom. Clips of the Emmy moment trended on TikTok, where Gen Z users debated whether it was comedy, blasphemy, or both.
For Lennertz, the award was more than validation—it was vindication. For years, he had been Hollywood’s go-to composer, the man behind the curtain who never stepped into the spotlight. Now, with one satirical anthem, he had carved his name into Emmy history.
The question lingering in the air wasn’t just about the win. It was about what came next. Would this mark a new era where satire could compete with symphonies? Would Emmy voters continue to reward the bold over the safe? Or was this a one-time miracle, a perfect storm of timing, politics, and irony?
Either way, the night belonged to Christopher Lennertz. In a hall filled with legends, he was the one who walked away not just with a trophy, but with a story that would be retold for years to come: the night a Christmas parody turned Hollywood upside down.