* AdaptationDisplacement: The story is better known by its AnimatedAdaptation's title than by its original poem's title.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The reveal Jeremy Creek was the NarratorAllAlong shows his HeelFaceTurn stuck and lived a long, happy life, starting his own family in the process.
* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/AshleyJohnson ([[WesternAnimation/BenTen Gwen Tennyson]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Terra]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} Gretchen Grundler]]) got her start here as Jeremy Creek's granddaughter.
* TearJerker:
** Jeremy no longer being able to help Santa deliver presents when he gets too old.
** This special was also one of Hal Smith's last performances before his death a year later.
* ToyShip: Some fans like to pair Jeremy with the unnamed AmbiguouslyBrown girl who thanked Santa, though they're never shown interacting directly.

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