This special aired on November 23, 2012 on CBS, marking the first episode/special of SpongeBob SquarePants to air on a network other than Nickelodeon.
This is the first and only SpongeBob episode/special that doesn't use regular animation. The idea of this episode being done in stop-motion from many of the classic stop-motion Christmas specials.
The end credits of the special have a slower, different version of Cierre Bob Esponja.
This episode only airs during Christmas.