There’s a particular hour in every hotel stay—somewhere between the hum of the HVAC and the quiet suspicion that time folds, stretches, and convulses in unfamiliar rooms—when absurdity is welcome to call. It’s into this liminal space that SNL chameleon Chloe Fineman steps: from December 8 through February 2026, Fineman places her voice, her characters, and her particular brand of delirious theatricality directly into every guest room and suite across Moxy Hotels in the U.S. and Canada.

This season, when guests lift the receiver of Moxy’s signature “IYKYK” Bedtime Story phone—a ritual already beloved for its inherent absurdity—they dial straight into Fineman’s mind. On the other end of the lines lie three original stories written exclusively for Moxy: strange, smart, and fully carbonated with that Fineman-esque blend of satire and sweetness.

Among the offerings is The Staycation, where Clara, blindsided by a sudden week off from her tyrannical boss, spirals at the thought of returning to her childhood bedroom, sending her into an existential tailspin about where—exactly—a grown woman is supposed to flee for comfort. There is The Guilt Trip, in which Jenny, overwhelmed by her mother’s suffocating hospitality, stages a tiny rebellion by seeking refuge somewhere softer, proving that some guilt trips are worth the emotional turbulence. And then there is Merry Peachmas, a roiling holiday poem dedicated to diva Shiba Inu Peaches and her showdown with Aunt Debby’s vindictive Persian, Mildew—a saga of ostentatious pet melodrama delivered with operatic seriousness.

The launch of the partnership was celebrated in true Moxy fashion at Moxy Williamsburg, where Fineman brought the stories to life with a live reading of Merry Peachmas. The lobby—transformed into a space part living room, part performance stage—buzzed with revelers, press, and the most curious, all drawn into the same fever dream of absurdist holiday cheer. There was music, cocktails, laughter, and the unmistakable sense that late-night revelry could bleed seamlessly into the intimate quiet of a guest room.

What Moxy Hotels understands, and what Fineman instinctively magnifies, is that hospitality does not cater to those seeking escape. Hospitality innately creates portals where reality softens. It is a space where the hotel phone itself becomes the ultimate invitation to play. Where, just for a moment, the world feels as strange and wonderful as Fineman allows us to experience it.

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