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  • This episode was accidentally put up on Hulu the morning before its official airing.[1]
  • Meg hands out hard-boiled eggs during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony to prove she's 'dark and different', and has the nickname of 'Meg the egg'.
  • Brian has never paid taxes because he claims he has never made enough money.
  • Joe thinks "Life is a Highway" is a Christmas song.
  • Brian's drunken rant against Christmas music includes Vince Guaraldi, known for the jazz score to Peanuts, and Rankin and Bass, creators of numerous Christmas specials such as Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Frosty is also singled out.
    • Joe agrees with him on Rankin, but has no quarrel with Bass.
  • Brian drunkenly thinks 'Blitzen' should be associated with football.
  • Stewie can tell when Brian is covering up the truth because his voice raises pitch.
  • Stewie tries to talk Brian into buying a house in Cincinatti for them to hide in.
  • Although Brian thinks Tom Bergeron is still host of Dancing with the Stars, Stewie makes him aware that it's now Tyra Banks. However, he repeats his error to Mayor West.
  • Brian claims he was once McGruff the Crime Dog's sidekick, with a cutaway to a 1983 PSA featuring McGruff with Brian superimposed in.
  • Brian thinks a nativity scene consists of a drummer and bassist, Jesus, 'Mr. Christ', Santa Claus and the elves, 'The pig who makes friends with the spider' and Slater from Saved by the Bell.
  • Stewie has a 'Malibu Barbie' phone case.
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  • Lois is happy to send Brian to jail if it means getting the Hallmark channel back.
    • Brian comes to admit he loves Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel.
  • Peter is shot in the arm by a red M&M candy after he devoured all of the others in an advent calendar.
  • Peter and Chris play tennis ball fetch. Chris later growls at Brian over a tennis ball.
  • The family sings "O Come, All Ye Faithful" as Brian begins to realize he loves Christmas after all.
  • The 'Happy Asking Panda' is similar to the 1999 Furby toy, which were actually banned from CIA facilities in fear that they were spying devices.[2]

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