Jimmy Kimmel likened CNN reporter Jim Acostas story about singing a Christmas carol with outgoing White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to a horror movie.

Acosta revealed on Thursdays broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live! how Sanders and former White House communications director Bill Shine approached him at last years White House Christmas party and asked him to sing the holiday classic 12 Days of Christmas with them.

The fact it happened just weeks after the White House had restored Acostas press pass (following that heated briefing exchange with President Donald Trump ) left the journalist unsettled.

Acosta noted his emotions:

And Im thinking to myself Okay, we just went through this whole press pass court case and everything. We got to about five golden rings and Im like: Thats it. Im out of here.

Kimmel said it was the craziest thing Ive ever heard.

It was, agreed Acosta, who was on the show to promote his new book The Enemy of the People : A Dangerous Time to Tell The Truth in America.

And I didnt know if it was Deck the Halls or deck the correspondent, he added.

Check out the interview above.