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.
Tropes:
- Accent On The Wrong Syllable: 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".
- Christmas Episode: Season 15's Christmas episode sees Peter impersonate Santa Claus for his own benefit, causing Santa to strike back.
- Heel Realization: Stewie realizes what he's done by announcing company-wide layoffs when a woman near his office is laid off right before Christmas.
- No Sympathy: While Lois is sobbing in a car in the mall, Peter just bangs on the window and brags that he got a free burrito.
- Political Overcorrectness: Stewie hands out cheques to employees at the office party and wishes them a Merry Christmas. One employee corrects him with "Happy Holidays" (since that's the more "inclusive term"), and Stewie promptly takes the cheque back out of annoyance.
- Shout-Out: The episode title is a parody of the famous Dr. Suess book 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'.
- Speed Sex: A Cutaway Gag show Peter thinking finishing first means he won a sex competition. Lois is not pleased.
- Take That!:
- Peter references United States of Tara, 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 Bill Cosby on the cover of Jet.
- What the Hell, Hero?: The real Santa calls out Peter for impersonating him for personal gain.
