History WesternAnimation / MyLittlePonyBestGiftEver

** During the opening song, Big Mac pushes a heavy bag which is revealed to have rocks in it; the same exact thing happens in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS4E69KrustyTowersMrsPuffYoureFired Krusty Towers]]".

-->'''Fluttershy''': All my bits. ({{Beat}}) ''All my bits''? Can I borrow some for the train ride home?

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* RealityEnsues:
** Due to the extra work of running a school, Twilight is more behind on her Hearth's Warming preparations than usual.
** After their many scams gone wrong, Flim and Flam now have to wear disguises while conning ponies.
** Being Ponyville's main delivery pony/postal worker, Derpy gets overworked by all the Hearth's Warming's gift-delivering, so she was bound to make at least a few mistakes.

** The opening song contains a small colt decorating a tiny tree with a single red bulb in front of a red-headed filly, a reference to ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.

** [[https://derpibooru.org/images/1875312 As well as ponified versions of]] Charlie Brown and the little red-haired girl from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.

* MusicalPastiche: "One More Gift" has strong hints to traditional seasonal carols, most prominently the iambic meter of "The Wassail Song".

* SplitScreen: Lots of varied split screen during the "One More Gift" song, either showing the singers simultaneously, or the numerous gifts they're singing about.

* TitleDrop: Dropped multiple times, most noticeably by Pinkie in Yakyakistan.

** [[https://derpibooru.org/images/1875312?q=charlie+brown%2C+best+gift+ever As well as ponified versions of]] Charlie Brown and the little red-haired girl from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.

* TeleportSpam: No, Twilight doesn't use it to fight... but to go shopping, teleporting in fast order to each store to order all of the things on her LongList.

* PaperThinDisguise: Flim and Flam wear glasses, wigs and fake mustaches to hide their identities, but the backs of their manes (And in Flam's case, the lower part of his actual mustache) are still visible, as well as their tails.

* Rarity has gotten Applejack, and orders her a special hat from Manehattan. However, the packages gets lost in transit, and instead of being delivered to Rarity, has been sent to Sweet Acorn Orchard. She goes there personally to get the package, but finds the son, Pistachio, to be a budding fashion designer and is enthralled with the hat having believed it was sent to him. She cannot bring herself to take the hat back, and lets him keep it, hoping it will help with his fashion career.

** Discord briefly takes a form of an animated candelabra, à la Lumiere from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''.

* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Or rather, the baby. Flurry Heart glares at Rainbow Dash along with everyone else for bringing the winterzilla to the castle.

** The cover of the Power Ponies comic Applejack is considering for Spike's present closely resembles[[note]]Color scheme, layout and the pose of the pony holding up the cart[[/note]] the cover of ComicBook/ActionComics #1.

** Fluttershy's first stop at the Rainbow Falls trading depot is the booth where Rainbow Dash almost traded her for a first edition ''Daring Do'' book in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E19TradeYa Trade Ya!]]". This time, the merchant is featuring the book from "Daring Don't".

-->'''Pinkie:''' Ooh, ooh! The Gift Givers told me that! Oh, what was it? The best gift is more precious than gold, but it cannot be sold. When it breaks, it's not ended, for quickly it's mended. It can never be bought yet is easily sought.\\

* ShownTheirWork: Aurora, Bori, and Alice are female reindeer that have antlers. Reindeer/caribou are the only species of deer in which the females have antlers like the males. Also, stylization aside, they look more like real-life reindeer than most reindeer in animated Christmas specials, particularly having just two nostrils rather than dog-like noses that may be [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer shiny]].

* ShownTheirWork: Aurora, Bori, and Alice are female reindeer that have antlers, which are present in both sexes of reindeer/caribou like them. Also, stylization aside, they look more like real-life reindeer than most reindeer in animated Christmas specials, particularly having just two nostrils rather than dog-like noses that may be [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer shiny]].