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* AccentOnTheWrongSyllable: Santa's quite irritated that everyone gets his signature laugh wrong. According to him, it's supposed to be "ho-HO-ho", with emphasis on the middle "HO".
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* HeelRealization: Stewie realizes what he's done by announcing company-wide layoffs when a woman near his office is laid off right before Christmas.


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* SpeedSex: A CutawayGag show Peter thinking finishing first means he won a sex competition. Lois is not pleased.
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** Peter references ''Series/UnitedStatesOfTara'', which Stewie calls an obscure reference.
** Another gag is a shot at ''farmersonly.com''
--> '''Peter''': It doesn't say whites only, but... yeah.
** Santa holds up a picture of the "worst Santa," which is Creator/BillCosby on the cover of ''Jet''.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Stewie hands out cheques to employees at the office party and wishes them a Merry Christmas. One employee corrects him with "Happy Hoildays" (since that's the more "inclusive term"), and Stewie promptly takes the cheque back out of annoyance.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalOvercorrectness: Stewie hands out cheques to employees at the office party and wishes them a Merry Christmas. One employee corrects him with "Happy Hoildays" Holidays" (since that's the more "inclusive term"), and Stewie promptly takes the cheque back out of annoyance.
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* ChristmasEpisode: Season 15's Christmas episode sees Peter impersonate Santa Claus for his own benefit, causing Santa to strike back.
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* NoSympathy: While Lois is sobbing in a car in the mall, Peter just bangs on the window and brags that he got a free burrito.

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* ShoutOut: The episode title is a parody of the famous Dr. Suess book 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Stewie hands out cheques to employees at the office party and wishes them a Merry Christmas. One employee corrects him with "Happy Hoildays" (since that's the more "inclusive term"), and Stewie promptly takes the cheque back out of annoyance.
* ShoutOut: The episode title is a parody of the famous Dr. Suess book 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'.Christmas'.
* WhatTheHellHero: The ''real'' Santa calls out Peter for impersonating him for personal gain.
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Peter becomes a mall Santa and becomes drunk with power after realizing that he can get away with everything. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie crash an office Christmas party.

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* ShoutOut: The episode title is a parody of the famous Dr. Suess book 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'.

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