Through the terrible terrible year of 2016, Kate McKinnon has been a brilliantly blinding light through the darkness like the beautiful shining star that she is. This year the Saturday Night Live comedian rose to a higher level of fame, and won the devotion of countless new fans on the internet. She has won awards, gained instant recognition from her Hillary impersonation, and stared in one of the greatest blockbusters of the summer. I don't know how we ever got so lucky to have Kate in our lives, but I am so glad she's finally getting the recognition she deserves. Thank you, Kate McKinnon for sharing your existence with us. I don't know how we would have survived the year without you, or these moments.

1. Kate trying not to break character with Emily Blunt

2. This seductive dance

3. The tale of her sawdust-covered cat

4. When she was Somebody's Mom, Deenie on Weekend Update

5. Kate's reaction to winning an Emmy

6. Kate's acceptance speech for said Emmy

7. Kate explaining to Jimmy Fallon that she doesn't remember said acceptance speech

8. This other dance

9. When we found out this exists

10. This near-death experience skit

11. When she sang "Dream a Little Dream of Me"

12. When we all wished we were Larry David

13. The "Holtzmann Gone Wild" improv lines

14. Kate as Kellyanne Conway

15. When she co-hosted the Film Independent Spirit Awards

16. This

17. When we were all Ginsburned

18. Her amazing accents for a Ghostbusters promo

19. Kate's reaction to her sneeze

20. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting

21. Kate as Hillary as Bernie

22. When she and Alec Baldwin broke the fourth wall to frolic around New York

23. The Stranger Things skit

24. The return of Les Dykawitz

25. Holtzmann's speech

26. Hallelujah