Creator's Apathy: The Recruitment Campaign buyable does not work, which the developer is aware of but the game is balanced around that fact and they are not willing to touch the code again.
Blooper: There's snow on the ground on Christmas Eve, but one shot of the mayor in his car during the climax inexplicably has no snow to be found. Also, when the kids react to Mrs. Mavilda trying to cut down Mrs. Hopewell, Lily is with them despite going missing at the North Pole.
Children Voicing Children: A good example of how this can backfire. The child characters seem to be voiced by actual five- and six-year-old kids who are given little to no voice direction. The result is a lot of mumbling, slurring, and bad acting. Bizarrely averted with one child who is clearly voiced by someone much older and sounds entirely out of place from the rest of the kids. Another one has an oddly distorted voice, possibly indicating that child was also voiced by someone older, and the voice pitched up to try and hide this.
This special was virtually unheard of until the Nostalgia Critic reviewed it, although it was ranked as #12 in "Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials".
The USA Network only aired this special once in 1991 and have since acted like it never existed.
Flamarion himself hasn't even bothered posting the special online, let alone claim copyright on a number of bootlegs on YouTube.
Creator Killer: While his animation career was left unscathed, Flamarion's attempt to start his own independent studio was permanently dashed after this special's failure.
The actresses playing Judy and Lily are mother and daughter in real life.
The voices of Bob and Pappy are a son and mother in real life.
Reclusive Artist: Trying to find any contact informationnote or any general information at all for that matter for anyone involved with the special is next to impossible. Flamarion does have a Facebook account, but it hasn't been updated since April 2017.