Though a Christmas episode, it aired on the same day as Hanukkah. Freddy was brought up Jewish, since Lilith is Jewish.
As he is trying to salvage his Christmas party Frasier mentions several of his disastrous parties from the original series.
Frasier compares the setbacks at his party to the haunting of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's classic novella, A Christmas Carol. Kelsey Grammer played Scrooge in the made-for-TV film, A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004), which aired on NBC, the home network of the original Frasier (1993) and its parent show, Cheers (1982).
With a duration of 30'50m, this is the longest episode of the first season, and the only one to last longer than half an hour.
The premise of this episode is very similar to the episode of Friends titled, "The One With Two Parties.".