For many years in syndication, the end of this broadcast was cut but has since been replaced. As the curtain closes Gleason pushes it aside and says; 'Wait a minute' and breaks out of character and begins talking to the audience and has the entire cast come out to take a bow and wishes everybody a Merry Christmas.
In the beginning of the episode Trixie tells Alice that Ed gave her an orange juice squeezer shaped like Napoleon's head. This scene was often edited out of the syndicated version probably to save time. So when Ralph gives Alice the same gift later the joke was lost.
The title refers to the Clement Clarke Moore poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', more commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'.
The $25.00 gift certificate Uncle Leo gives Ralph and Alice would be worth $286.43 in December 2023.
Alice bought Ralph a bowling ball bag for a present. But Ralph pawned his bowling ball to buy Alice a present which gave the story sort of a Gift of the Magi theme to it.