The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation.
David Boreanaz and Stewie (Seth MacFarlane) both appeared on Bones (2005) in Season 4's The Critic in the Cabernet (2009). This was allowed because they both appear on FOX.
The 2nd Christmas episode of the series (the 1st was back in 2001 which was apart of Season 3)
Was released as a single episode in a DVD