"Saturday Night Live" Hugh Jackman/Mick Jagger (TV Episode 2001)
clip shown on Jarret's room
"Home Improvement" The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry (TV Episode 1996)
Tim watches this"Saturday Night Live" Helen Hunt/Hanson (TV Episode 1997)
Clip shown with newly dubbed dialogue during "ChristmaSoft" message from "Bill Gates.""Late Night with Conan O'Brien" Howard Stern/Jim Gaffigan (TV Episode 2006)
A clip is shown during the Classic Holiday Specials segment.- Winter Warlock takes #5
"WatchMojo" Top 10 Greatest Christmas TV Specials (TV Episode 2011)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is #3.
The Year Without a Santa Claus (TV Movie 1974)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland (TV Movie 1976)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year (TV Movie 1976)
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (TV Movie 1977)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (TV Movie 1979)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV Movie 1964)
Frosty the Snowman (TV Short 1969)
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes (TV Movie 1972)
The Miss Jessica puppet appears several times during crowd scenes.The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (TV Movie 1977)
Fred Astaire's Mailman returns and tells another holiday icon origin story in the same format."Night Court" Santa Goes Downtown (TV Episode 1984)
Title reference."VeggieTales" VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular! (TV Episode 1996)
The narrators in these Christmas specials are mailmen.VeggieTales: The Toy That Saved Christmas (Video 1996)
The narrators in these Christmas specials are mailmen.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV Movie 1964)
When the reindeer take off and the children start to rattle off their names, one child says "...and don't forget," referring to Rudolph. The narrator says "that's another story," referring to the Rankin-Bass special based on the character.
"Home Improvement" The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry (TV Episode 1996)
After falling asleep watching this special, Tim dreams the family is wood in an inspired stop-motion sequence"South Park" Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics (TV Episode 1999)
The Mailman is a parody of Special Delivery KlugerChristmas in South Park (Video 2000)
"The Simpsons" 'Tis the Fifteenth Season (TV Episode 2003)
The Simpsons watch a TV special that spoofs this classic special.Santa's Slay (2005)
the story about Santa is done in the same way