A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights

**A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights** is the third episode of season three and the forty-third episode overall in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It is a new version of "A Surprise Guest”.

## Summary

A special, surprise guest comes to Periwinkle’s house to celebrate Hanukkah, the very joyful, festival of lights. Josh and Blue play Blue’s Clues to figure out who the surprise guest is, and celebrate the holiday by spinning dreidels, frying latkes, and singing an original Hanukkah song.

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Sidetable Drawer
* Mr. Salt
* Mailbox
* Slippery Soap
* Snail
* Periwinkle
* Felt Friends
	+ Felt Periwinkle
* Mauve (Debut)
* Aly (Debut)
* Dede (Debut)
* Lady Latke

## Elements

* **Question**: Who else is coming to celebrate Hanukah?
* **Clues**:
	1. Family
	2. Glasses
	3. A Cat
* **Answer to Blue’s Clues**: Grandpa Mauve
* **Wrong answer**: A family of cat glasses
* **Skidoo Location**: Potato Palace
* **Living room picture:** Periwinkle's House
* **Periwinkle's Living Room Picture:** A Menorah
* **Email or Letter?**: Email

## Trivia

* This episode aired on the same day that the movie *A Loud House Christmas* premiered.
* This is the second time in the franchise where someone celebrated Chanukah. The first time being Blue's Big Holiday when Steve and Blue saw Orange Kitten and her owner Sam celebrating Chanukah.
* This marks the second time where a talking dreidel was seen. The first time being Holiday Wishes in Blue's Room.
	+ The dreidel is voiced by Markeda McKay, who also voices a chick in Song Time with Blue, Baby Bear in Story Time with Blue and Pirate Panda Peggy in Blue's Treasure Hunt, as well as Elinor the rabbit in the animated series *Elinor Wonders Why*.
* Mr. Salt appears by himself without Mrs. Pepper, but he does not appear again with her in the credits.
* This is the fifth episode in the franchise where pink was seen. The others being Adventures in Art when Steve and Blue colored Blue’s wagon wheels pink, Pool Party when Steve drew a purplish pinkish color, Blue's School when Tickety Tock made pink to make herself portrait, and Meet Blue's Baby Brother when Joe drew colors with pink, purple and orange.
* This is the first time in the franchise where we can see what Periwinkle's house looks like from the inside. Throughout the original series, We didn't get a single episode where neither Steve or Joe where they get to go inside the house. The house is simliar to the Blue's Clues living room but with shades of mainly purple with blue, indigo, and violet. Plus, the window and a purple Thinking Chair also swapped places.
* This is the first time in which Periwinkle has an owner. Throughout the original Blue’s Clues series, Periwinkle never had an owner or grandfather apart from Steve, Joe, and Josh, who have their grandmothers, one including Lola, and are Blue’s owners, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, who are the family members to have children, who are Paprika, Cinnamon, Sage, and Ginger, Green Puppy, who’s owner is Wynonna, Orange Kitten, who’s owner is Sam, Purple Kangaroo, who’s owner is Tyrese, and Magenta, who’s owner is Miranda.
* Periwinkle asked Blue the question and Blue put the paw print on the screen, which is similar to Joe's Surprise Party when Mr. Salt asked Blue, "What else do we need to do to get ready for the surprise party?", instead of Joe.
* This marks the nineteenth episode in the franchise where someone spoke to The Viewer. The others being Blue's Big Musical, Magenta Gets Glasses, The Baby's Here!, Joe's Surprise Party, Blue Takes You to School, I Did That!, Playdates, The Legend of the Blue Puppy, Joe's Clues, Blue's Wishes, Soccer Practice, The Fairy Tale Ball, Meet Blue's Baby Brother, Hide and Seek with Blue, Welcome to Blue's Bistro, Blue's Big Baking Show, Blue's Show and Tell Surprise, and Blue Makes a Movie with You!.
* This marks the third episode in the franchise in which a character's grandparent was the answer to Blue’s Clues. The first two being Blue's Big Treasure Hunt when Blue left three clues on glasses, a rocking chair, and a green striped dress and Steve's Grandma was the answer and Blue's Big Baking Show when Blue left three clues on a heart, glasses, and a blue striped scarf and Lola was the answer to Blue’s Clues.
* This marks the third episode in the franchise where glasses were drawn. The first two being Blue's Big Treasure Hunt and Blue's Big Baking Show.
* This marks the forty-fifth episode in the franchise where animals were drawn or being the answer to Blue’s Clues or being the wrong answer. The others being Snack Time, Meet Josh!, Blue's ABCs, and ABC's with Blue, when cows were drawn and when Steve and Josh thought Blue wanted to put the cow in the cup and slurp it up with a straw and when Steve and Josh thought the moon jumps, Blue's Story Time, Story Time with Blue, and Can You Help?, when wolves and pigs were drawn and when Steve and Josh thought it was the story of the Little Pig Who Cried Wolf and the Little Pig Who Lost Her Bricks but no one believed her so she cried for a wolf, Blue's Favorite Song, Song Time with Blue, and Blue Wants to Play a Game when ducks and a goose were drawn and when Steve and Josh sung Rubber Ducky Had a Barn and when Steve thought it was the Duckity-Duck Duck with a Goose Game, Blue Wants to Play a Song Game when a spider was drawn and when Steve thought it was the Sunny Spider That Gets Caught in the Rain Song, What Story Does Blue Want to Play? when a bear was drawn, Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme and Blue's Play when a mouse was drawn and when Steve thought it was the story of the Grandfather Clock that struck one and was afraid of a mouse, What Is Blue Afraid Of? when an owl was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a feather, the owl’s shadow, and the owl’s sound, “whoo whoo,” and when Steve thought Blue was afraid of a shadow-dancing feather, Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when Turquoise was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color green, a tank, and a shell, Blue's Sad Day, Sad Day with Blue, Pool Party, Colors Everywhere!, and Colors Everywhere with Blue when Green Puppy and Magenta were drawn, and were the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the colors blue, yellow, red, purple, and puppies, which were drawn (puppies), Nurture! when Turquoise was drawn, Animal Behavior! when a penguin was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on black and white, ice, and a waddling motion, Blue's Big Costume Party and Spooky Costume Party with Blue, when a mouse was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on prints, whiskers, and a squeak sound and when Steve thought it was a rhinoceros and cat costume and when Josh thought it was a squeaking cat, Blue's Big Mystery and The Ghost of the Living Room when Periwinkle was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on footprints, a curvy, skinny tail, a picture, pawprints, a tail, and triangles, Prehistoric Blue when a chameleon was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on scales, a shape, and changing colors, Imagine Nation when a rabbit was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a big, white, circle, a button, and triangles, Blue's Big Imagination when an elephant was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on 2 semicircles, a tube, and a ribbon, Bugs! when a butterfly was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on wings, colors, and a chrysalis, Rhyme Time when a whale was drawn, Joe's First Day when a duck was the answer to Blue’s Clues on feet, a feather, and the duck’s sound, “quack quack,”, Patience and Contraptions! when birds were drawn, Dress Up Day when a frog was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color green, a pond, and a hopping motion, Up, Down, All Around! when a fish was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on an under motion, water, and scales, The Alphabet Train when a zebra was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color white, the color black, and the letter Z z, Look Carefully... when a ladybug was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a bug, wings, and red with black spots, Animals in Our House? when a kangaroo was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a tail, a hopping motion, and a pocket, The Fairy Tale Ball when a horse was drawn, Blue's Big Dance Party when a chicken was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on feet, a feather, and the chicken’s sound, “bawk bawk,” and Blue's Beach Bonanza when a crab was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on sand, a sideways motion, and a shell.
* This marks the sixteenth episode in the franchise where animals were drawn as the third clue. The others being Snack Time, Meet Josh!, Blue's Story Time, Story Time with Blue, Blue Wants to Play a Game, Blue Wants to Play a Song Game, What Story Does Blue Want to Play?, Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme, Nurture!, Blue's Play, Rhyme Time, Colors Everywhere!, Colors Everywhere with Blue, Patience, and Contraptions!.
* This is the second episode where Josh and Blue skidooed into a place made of food. The first time being Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure when Josh and Blue skidooed into a place made of pizza.
* This episode is similar to what happened in Patience when the three clues were pieces of wood, which was in a group of four like the family, a roof, which is a house object like the glasses, and a cat, which is an animal and is the third clue like the bird.
* The Chanukah decorations are blue, which is similar to Blue's Birthday when Blue celebrated her birthday and the balloons, cups, utensils, napkins, party hats, and even the cake were blue and Hide and Seek when Steve and Blue skidooed into the book called All About Blue.
* Josh drew a family, which is similar to what happened in Magenta Comes Over and Playdate with Magenta when Steve and Josh drew themselves and a smile icon, Blue's News, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day, and Big News with Blue when Steve and Josh drew Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, I'm So Happy! and Blue's Night Before Christmas when Joe and Josh drew the Viewer, Sleepy Singalong with Blue when Josh drew himself with just his head, Blue Goes to the Doctor and Joe's Clues when Joe drew himself, A Brand New Game, Blue Takes You to School and Our New Neighbor when Josh drew friends but with faces. But in A Brand New Game when Joe drew friends, he drew their whole bodies and in Blue Takes You to School, Joe drew Periwinkle and Blue.
* The part of the skidoo segment where the latke recipe was mixed up was similar to What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? with the banana muffin recipe. The episode even has a variation of the "Mix-a Mix-a Mix-a" song, which was previously sung in Blue's Big Baking Show.
* This is the first reboot episode to show a felt friend from the original series other than Fred, Felicia, and Phaderus (the sky blue felt friend with a green triangle body).
* This marks the eleventh episode in the franchise where any family member was drawn or the answer to Blue’s Clues. The others being Magenta Comes Over, Playdate with Magenta, Blue's News, Big News with Blue, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt, What's New, Blue?, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day, Blue Goes to the Doctor, Blue's Big Baking Show, and Sleepy Singalong with Blue.
* The Viewer answered, "four" like in Math! when Steve helped Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper count their apples and they both had four.
* This is the first time Periwinkle got mail. And this is the sixth episode in the franchise when someone else got a letter/email other than Steve, Joe, and Josh. The first five being Mailbox's Birthday and The Wrong Shirt when Mailbox got a letter, Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when Blue got a birthday card, and It's Your Birthday! when the Viewer got a birthday card.
* Josh and Blue helping Lady Latke find the pictures and to put them in order was similar to What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? when Steve and Blue skidooed into the bakery to help Bowl and Spatula make banana muffins and had to make the recipe cards in the right order.
* This marks the fourth episode in the franchise where the mixing song was sung. The first two being What Does Blue Want to Make? and What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? only to be sung by Bowl and Spatula with different lyrics and Blue's Big Baking Show when Josh or Monkey sang it.
* Josh and Blue skidooed to a potato palace to get something for Mr. Salt, which was similar to what happened in Café Blue when Steve, Blue and Mr. Salt skidooed into a grocery store to get more ingredients to make more spaghetti sauce.
* This marks the third time in the franchise where a cat was drawn or being the answer to Blue’s Clues. The first two being Blue's Big Mystery when Blue left three clues on footprints, a curvy, skinny tail, and a picture and The Ghost of the Living Room when Blue left three clues on paw prints, a tail, and 2 triangles and Periwinkle was the answer to Blue's Clues.
* This marks the thirteenth episode in the franchise where something in groups of four was drawn. The others being What Is Blue Afraid Of? when Steve drew four circles when he drew the owl's sound, Blue's ABCs and ABC's with Blue when Steve and Josh drew the word, "jump,", Blue's Big Holiday when Steve drew four little prints, Words, when Steve drew the words, "make," and, "poem", which have four letters, Patience when Joe drew four pieces of wood, Contraptions! when Joe drew four seeds, Blue's Big Band when Joe drew four beans, Playdates when Joe drew water in a group of four, Bluestock (Original/Remake), and The Ghost of the Living Room when Josh drew four paw prints.
* This is the fifth time in the reboot to not feature The So Long Song, the first four were Blue's Night Before Christmas, Blue's Show and Tell Surprise, It's Your Birthday! and The Ghost of the Living Room.
	+ In this episode, the characters sing "Hanukkah, The Festival of Lights" to end the episode.
	+ Coincidentally, all of these episodes have a different song at the end, pertaining to the episode/occasion.
* Josh wears a winter jacket again at the beginning since Spring is Here!.
* This episode aired exactly 20 years after "What's Inside?" premiered.
* There was an email in this episode.
* An email from Josh's friends replaced by Mauve, first being Lola in "Sleepy Singalong with Blue" and second being Mr. Salt in "Mystery of the Missing Pies".
* This is the first Hanukkah-themed reboot episode.
* The song "Blue's Dreidel Ditty" was seen in the ***Face's Music Party*** episode, "Face's SuperSnowtacular Holiday Special", which Blue and Periwinkle made a guest appearance in.

## Goofs

* During the theme song, there are 2 Gingers in each of Cinnamon's hands after Josh passes by him.