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.
The $25.00 gift certificate Uncle Leo gives Ralph and Alice would be worth $286.43 in December 2023.
The title refers to the Clement Clarke Moore poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', more commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'.