This is the second TV special of G5 after the Mark Your Mark series pilot.
During the scene when Queen Haven is walking with Zipp and Pipp through Zephyr Heights, Tchavosky's Nutcracker suite can be heard. the Wonderbolts from G4 can also be seen on a building poster in the scene.
The equivalent for Christmas in Generation 5 in known as "Winter Wishday", which was previously called "Hearth's Warming" in the fourth incarnation (although it was called Christmas in the generations prior to G4).
This is the fourth Christmas special in the franchise after G3's "A Very Minty Christmas (2005)" and G4's "The Best Gift Ever (2018)" and "Holidays Unwrapped (2019)".