A Blue Christmas with You!

**A Blue Christmas with You!** is the second episode of season four and the sixty-second episode overall in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It is a new version of the Season 5 episode "Blue's First Holiday".

## Summary

It's Christmas in Storybook World, and Josh and Blue skidoo to the North Pole for toy‐making fun, Reindeer Games, and a holiday celebration they'll never forget. We also play an extra special Christmas game of Blue's Clues to figure out where Santa Claus is.

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Mailbox
* Sidetable Drawer (inanimate cameo)
* Magenta
* Pail
* Shovel
* Purple Kangaroo
* Steve (Toy Figure in Classic Form)
* Elves
	+ Figgy
* Reindeer
	+ Blitzen
	+ Dancer
	+ Prancer
	+ Dasher
	+ Comet
	+ Cupid
	+ Vixen
	+ Nixon
	+ Donner
	+ Rudolph
* Santa Claus
* Rainbow Puppy (credits only)

## Elements

* **Question**: Where is Santa Claus?
* **Clues**:
	1. Four Legs
	2. A Blanket
	3. A Pillow
* **Answer to Blue's Clues**: In his bed (because he overslept)
* **Wrong Answer**: Santa is making a four legged snowman with a pillow for a head and a blanket for a cape
* **Living room picture**/**Skidoo Location**: The North Pole
* **Email or Letter?:** Letter

## Trivia

* This is the last episode to be aired in 2022.
* This is the second episode of the reboot to feature Christmas. The first being Blue's Night Before Christmas.
* Josh, Sidetable Drawer, and Mailbox are wearing the same Christmas hats they wore like they did in Blue's Night Before Christmas.
* Josh and Blue are opening a present in the beginning like in Blue's First Holiday when Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper had a present for everyone and it had 2 movies of Steve when he was little and Joe, Blue, Sidetable Drawer, Tickety Tock, Slippery Soap, Shovel, Pail and Mailbox when they were babies and how they met Blue and how they first played Blue’s Clues.
* Blue's present is a rainbow piano like the one that Josh drew in Blue's Big City Adventure.
* Blue has a piano even though she played Old MacDonald Had a Farm on it in Blue's Favorite Song and she and Joe did a piglet story with Piano in Blue's Big Band.
* Josh and Blue are at the North Pole again like they were in Blue's Night Before Christmas. Only they skidooed into a snow globe to get there and to help Joe wrap up. This time, they’re skidooing into a picture frame to get there and help Santa Claus' reindeer friends.
* This marks the second appearance of the Snowy Day Thinking Chair, with the first being Blue's Snowy Day Surprise.
* This is the seventh time where a train was seen. The others being Blue's Senses when a train was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a box, a light, and the sound, “choo choo”, Geography when Steve rode on a train through a mountain, Inventions when Steve and Blue saw Inventor 2 Friend build a train, The Alphabet Train when Joe and the others made an Alphabet Train itself and found things from A-Z, which were airplane, Blue, crayon, drum, eagle, fox, globe, hat, ice cream, Joe, kite, leaf, mittens, newspaper, oval, Periwinkle, Pail, queen, rainbow, Slippery Soap, Tickety Tock, ukulele, volcano, wagon, x-ray, yo-yo, and zebra, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a zebra) when Blue left three clues on the colors white and black and the letter Z, Meet Blue's Baby Brother when Joe, Blue, and Sprinkles rode on a train through Alphabet City, Colors Town, Numbers Kingdom, and Shapes Forest and rode through all four places to the Golden Thinking Chair and found out that Sprinkles was the answer to Blue’s Clues when there were gold clues on the word, “puppy”, circles, and colors, and Blue's Show and Tell Surprise when Blue, Orange Kitten and Purple Kangaroo played train and used a tunnel and bridge to the other side and to get through.
* This is the sixth time where a rocket was seen. The first five being Pretend Time when an astronaut was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a helmet, a star, and a rocket, Meet Polka Dots! when space was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on up, stars, and a planet and she and Polka Dots rode on a rocket, Skidoo Adventure when Joe and Blue rode on Clay Blob, who turned himself into a rocket to reach a letter, Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise when space was the answer to Blue’s Clues again when Blue left three clues on a helmet, a circle, and a star, and Into the Blueniverse! when Josh and Blue skidooed into space in the Thinking Chair Rocketship.
* This is the fifth time where a robot was seen. The others being Something To Do Blue when Steve saw Periwinkle use shapes to make a robot, Contraptions! when Joe and Blue helped Gilda with different contraptions, Dress Up Day when Joe was dressed as a robot in the beginning, and Blue's Predictions when Joe and Blue helped Paprika and Cinnamon figure out which robot will get to do a bus and it was the red robot, which walked fast. The blue robot walked slowly and the green robot bounced where it was.
* This marks the thirteenth episode in the franchise where a group of four was drawn. The others being What Is Blue Afraid Of?, Blue's ABCs and ABC's with Blue, Blue's Big Holiday, Words, Patience, Playdates, Bluestock (Original/Remake), The Ghost of the Living Room, A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights, and Blue's Dino Clues.
* The four legs being drawn is similar to what happened in Mailbox's Birthday when Steve drew a chair and said, “Four legs”, Blue's Dino Clues when four feet were drawn and the four legs are rectangles like in Patience and Playing Store when pieces of wood were drawn.
* This is the ninth time where an airplane was seen. The others being The Lost Episode! when Steve helped Shovel and Pail find Shovel’s airplane, which was in grass, Mechanics! when Steve and Blue fixed an airplane, Occupations when Steve saw Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika being a pilot, a co-pilot, and a flight attendant, Inventions when Steve and Blue played the inventions game with Shovel and Pail and there were pictures of a telegraph, a candlestick telephone, and a regular phone and airplanes of a glider, biplane, and jet plane, Patience when Joe and Blue helped Periwinkle glue an airplane’s wings and had to wait for the glue to dry, The Alphabet Train when Blue found an airplane for the A box, Blue's Mystery Present when airplanes were on a shelf, and Mailtime Mystery when Josh and Blue helped Postcard get mailed and she got delivered by airplane.
* This is the eighth time where a boat was seen. The others being The Lost Episode! when Steve helped Shovel and Pail find Pail’s sailboat, which was in a pool, Geography when Steve rode on a boat to cross a river, The Boat Float when Joe and the others had different boats like when Slippery Soap had a sailboat with a bowl, Pail made a yellow boat, which sunk because it had a hole in it so Pail patched it up with clay, Periwinkle had an orange boat, which sunk because Periwinkle put too many rocks on and had to put only one on, and Shovel had a green boat, which sunk because Shovel put the rock on the side and had to put it in the middle, Mailbox was being a mailboat, and Joe and Blue helped Speedboat move by lifting her anchor, helped Sailboat move by putting her sail up, and helped Canoe move by putting one oar on his other side, and Blue made a fireboat, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues, (a fireboat), when Blue left three clues on the color red, a hose, and a siren, Playing Store when Slippery Soap was selling sailboats, Blue's Mystery Present when there were airplanes on a shelf, and Mailtime Mystery when there was a picture of a boat on a box.
* This marks the twenty-first episode in the franchise where a ball was seen and drawn. The others being What Time is it for Blue? when Blue's Ball was all that was left to put away, The Trying Game when Steve was trying to learn how to juggle, Blue's Senses when Steve and Blue saw Squirrel playing with a ball, What Was Blue's Dream About? when Slippery Soap dreamt about playing basketball, Blue's ABCs and ABC's with Blue when there was a ball in The Girl and The Puppy, What Game Does Blue Want to Learn? when Steve and Blue played which pocket the orange ball was in, Hide and Seek when Steve helped Cybil Circle find her ball and Steve and The Viewer held onto it and rolled it under the bed to find Blue, who rolled the ball out from under the bed, What's So Funny? and Laugh with Blue when juggling made Blue laugh when Blue left three clues on balls, Periwinkle Misses His Friend when Steve suggested that Periwinkle should bounce his ball on a rock, Blue's Collection when Blue's Ball was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a red stripe, a blue star, and a bouncing motion, What's New, Blue? when Steve saw Pail playing basketball, Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza when Steve and the others played ball and at first Shovel and Pail rolled a ball up and down a hill, then Steve and the Viewer played with an invisible ball, then Steve, Blue, and Periwinkle experimented with a red rubber ball, white hard ball, and a sock ball to see which one will bounce the most, which was the red rubber ball, then they experimented the rubber balls to see which object the ball will bounce on the most on the grass, the blanket, or the pavement, which was the pavement, and then experimented on how they should let the balls go down low, in the middle, or up high, and they should do it up high, and then Steve did an obstacle course with Beach Ball, and Blue wanted to do bowling, which was the answer to Blue’s (bowling), when Blue left three clues on a rolling motion, plastic bottles, and fallen down plastic bottles, A Brand New Game when a ball was drawn and when Joe, Blue, and Franny Felt Friend mooed like cows, bounced like basketballs, and looked through telescopes and did all three, Soccer Practice when Joe and the others played soccer, Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular when Josh and the others played basketball and different sports, Magenta's Case of the Giggles when there were balls on a shelf, Tickety's Big Musical Morning when a catching motion with a ball was drawn, and Joshini The Amazing when Josh did a magic trick with balls.
* This marks the twentieth episode in the franchise where any musical instrument was seen. The others being Mailbox's Birthday when a tape player was drawn, Blue's Favorite Song, Song Time with Blue and Blue's Big City Adventure when a piano was drawn, also in Blue's Favorite Song and Song Time with Blue when Steve, Josh, and Blue helped a drum, maracas, a trumpet, and a flute find the right sounds, Fred and Felicia had a made-up song, and helped Chicks sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat, The Trying Game when a horn was drawn, What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? when a guitar was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a paper towel roll, a tissue box, and rubber bands and when Blue helped Tickety Tock make a maraca, What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? when pot lids, a drum, and a marching toy were drawn, Art Appreciation when a wind chime was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a pie plate, string, and spoons, Blue's Big Holiday, The Baby's Here! and Sleepy Singalong with Blue when rattles and Steve and Josh’s guitars were drawn, Blue's School when Steve and the others had ABC Time and they found a G and a guitar, Blue's Big Band when Joe played on a cowbell, Tickety Tock played a triangle, Magenta played a tambourine, Sidetable Drawer did hip-hop dance, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, and Cinnamon were playing a washboard and rattles, Periwinkle played rhythms on his drum, Mailbox played jazz on a flag cymbal, Joe and Blue played a piglet play with Piano, and Blue played a maraca, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a maraca), when Blue left three clues on a lid, beans, and an empty can, Blue's Big Beat Band when Josh was being a one-man band but had too many things with him, Sidetable Drawer was singing, Felicia was playing a clapping game, Tickety Tock was ringing her alarm bells, Magenta was playing a harmonica, Mailbox was playing an accordion, Josh and Blue skidooed into a songbook to help Bunny Jo find his band and directions from a frog to follow music with a slow and fast tempo, and Blue was playing drums, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a drum), when Blue left three clues on a circle, another circle, and a beat, Joe's Clues when a kazoo was drawn, Bluestock (Original/Remake) when Joe and Josh played Old MacDonald Had a Farm on a kazoo and guitar, and Blue's Night Before Christmas when a bell was drawn.
* This is the third time where a tractor was seen. The first two being Periwinkle Misses His Friend when Steve, Blue, and Periwinkle helped Tractor find Taxi and The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern when Josh and the others rode on Tractor T.
* This is the fourth time where a car was seen. The first three being Inventions when Inventor Trip Friend made a car, Let's Write! when Joe saw Marky had cars in a second box and Blue's Big Car Trip when a car wash was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on water, soap, and a car.
* This is the twelfth episode in the franchise where a cow was seen. The others being Snack Time and Meet Josh! when Blue wanted to have milk and left three clues on a cup, a straw, and a cow, Blue's ABCs and ABC's with Blue when Blue wanted to read Hey Diddle Diddle and left three clues on a moon, a cow, and the word, "jump", What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? when Steve and Blue helped a cow find her friend who was singing the same tune as her when the cow sang, "Moo, moo-moo," and the cow’s partner was a sheep, who sang, "Baa, baa-baa," Blue's Play when there was a cow in the play the Funny Farm, Blue's Collection when there was a cow, A Brand New Game when Joe, Blue, and Franny mooed like cows, bounced like basketballs, and looked through telescopes, The Ghost of the Living Room when Mailbox dressed up as a cow, and Blue's Mystery Present when Periwinkle bought a cow dressed in a ballerina costume for Magenta.
* This is the second time where a shark was seen. The first time being The Big Book About Us when Slippery Soap had pictures of things about the ocean including a shark.
* This is the seventh time where a horse was seen. The first two being What's So Funny? when Steve saw a truck neighing like a horse, Adventure and Animals in Our House? when the Pawprint acted like a horse, Blue's Wishes when Pail wished to ride on a horse, The Fairy Tale Ball when a horse was drawn, and Blue's Big Costume Parade when Josh dressed himself up as a rabbit, butterfly, and horse.
* This marks the fourteenth episode in the franchise where a frog was seen. The others being What Time Is It for Blue? when Steve, Blue and Lion Prince found a frog in a pond, The Trying Game when Steve helped a tadpole find her mom, who was a frog, Pretend Time when Steve and Blue helped the rare jungle swamp Frog find her friend, who had spots on her back, stripes on her belly, and a long tongue, What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? when Steve helped Frog find her partner, who was a pig, What Did Blue See? when there was a frog, Animal Behavior! when Steve hopped like a frog, What's That Sound? when a frog was seen, Environments when during the mailtime part, there was a frog in a swamp, Adventure when Steve hopped like a frog to go over a mud, Dress Up Day when a frog was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues the color green, a pond, and a hopping motion, Blue's Big Beat Band when Josh and Blue were finding the Banjo Bunny Band and a frog gave them directions by going on the path that had a slow and fast tempo, Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon when Josh and Blue put stones together for a tadpole and frog, and Blue's Storytime with Camila when a frog was seen again.
* This is the fifth time where a bike was seen. The first four being The Trying Game when riding a bicycle was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a horn, a basket, and a wheel, Inventions when Inventor Sketch Friend made a bicycle, Morning Music when riding bikes to Magenta’s House was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a sidewalk, a bicycle, and Magenta’s House itself, and Our New Neighbor when there was a picture of a bike on a box.
* This is the eighth time where a house was seen. The others being Adventures in Art when a house was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a door, a window, and a roof, Magenta Gets Glasses, Morning Music and Getting Glasses with Magenta when Magenta’s House was drawn, Patience when a birdhouse was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on pieces of wood, a roof, and a bird, Magenta's Messages when the Blue's Clues House was drawn, and Building with Blue when a treehouse was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a door, a window, and a tree.
* This is the fourth time where dinosaurs were seen. The first three being Prehistoric Blue when Steve and Blue saw Shovel, who was revealed to be scared of dinosaurs, and Pail found dinosaur footprints in the backyard, Shovel mistook a giraffe for an Apatosaurus, a bird for a pterodactyl/archaeopteryx, and a porcupine for a stegosaurus, who were seen in a dinosaur diorama (Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus and Archaeopteryx), Steve and Blue were meat eaters, Mailbox was dressed as a triceratops, and Blue saw a chameleon, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a chameleon), when Blue left three clues on scales, a shape, and changing colors, I'm So Happy! when Shovel showed Joe that dinosaurs made him happy, and Blue's Dino Clues when Josh was a Josh-asaurus and he and Blue had a dinosaur egg and it had a triceratops, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a triceratops), when Blue left three clues on four feet, plants, and three horns, Sidetable Drawer had a notebook-asaurus, helped a T-Rex feed different dinosaurs with meat and plants, then Josh and Blue did the Dinosaur Song with T-Rex, Triceratops and Stegosaurus, and Mailbox was a Triceratops.
* This is the eighth time where a truck was seen. The others being What Does Blue Want to Build? when Steve saw the Popsicle Sticks build a truck, What's So Funny? when Steve saw a truck neighing like a horse, Dress Up Day when Sidetable Drawer dressed herself up as an ice cream truck, Soccer Practice when an ice cream truck was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a truck, a cone, and circles, Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise when Josh and Blue made the Anything Box into an ice cream truck, Our New Neighbor when Josh and Blue heard the moving truck coming and Periwinkle arrived, and Mailtime Mystery when there was a picture of a truck on a box.
* This is the fourth time where a teddy bear was seen. The first three being A Snowy Day when Blue hid behind the Thinking Chair while she put a blanket on a teddy bear and Steve saw the teddy bear and got kissed by Blue, Blue Wants to Play a Game when Blue was hiding with blue objects and Steve took out a teddy bear mistake and then Blue came out and kissed Steve again, and What Story Does Blue Want to Play? when a teddy bear was drawn.
* This is the third time where a puzzle piece was seen. The first two being Blue Wants to Play a Game when Steve and Blue helped Shovel and Pail do a puzzle of Mailbox’s Birthday and What Is Blue Trying to Do? when Steve was trying to do a puzzle of the Blue’s Clues House.
* This is the sixth time where wheels were seen. The others being Imagine Nation and Blue's Show and Tell Surprise when wheels were drawn, Shape Searchers, Blue's Big Car Trip and Soccer Practice when a cart, a car, and a truck were drawn.
* This is the second time where a spring was seen. The first time being Magenta's Case of the Giggles when Josh used a spring to fix Jacques in the Box’s spring.
* This is the fifth time where a sailboat was seen. The first four being The Lost Episode! when Steve and Shovel helped Pail find her sailboat, Geography when Steve rode on a sailboat across a river, The Boat Float when Joe and Blue helped Sailboat hoist her sail to move, and Playing Store when Slippery Soap was selling sailboats and picked the one on the left.
* The parts for the toys being to choose from was similar to what happened in The Trying Game when Steve chose one of the animals for Spider, who’s dad was a full grown spider and was by a ladybug and mosquito, Caterpillar, who’s grandmother was a butterfly, and was by an inchworm, a bird, and a dragonfly, and Tadpole, who’s mom was a frog, and was by a cricket, a lizard/newt, and a fish, What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? when Steve helped farm animals find their partners. Steve helped a chick, who sang, “Chirp, chirp, chirp-chirp”. Then another chick, a cow, and a sheep arrived. The other chick also went, “Chirp, chirp, chirp-chirp”. The cow went, “Moo, moo, moo,” and the sheep went, “Baa-baa, baa.” and the other chick was chosen. Then Steve helped a Cow, who arrived and she sang, “Moo, moo-moo,” then a duck, a mouse, and a sheep arrived. The duck sang, “Quack-quack-quack,”, the mouse sang, “Squeak-squeak, squeak-squeak,” and the sheep sang, “Baa, baa-baa,” and the sheep was picked, and then Steve helped a frog, who sang, “Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit,” and then another frog, a pig, and a cardinal arrived. The other frog sang, “Ribbit, ribbit-ribbit, ribbit,” the pig sang, “Oink, oink, oink, oink,” and the cardinal sang, “Chirp-chirp-chirp, chirp-chirp-chirp,” and the pig was chosen, What Game Does Blue Want to Learn? when Steve played I Spy and he spied something blue and there was a picture of a blue sailboat in a blue calendar, a car, a teddy bear, a giraffe, a monkey, a chalkboard, chalk, and chalk drawings, and it was chalk, which was the second clue, (chalk), What Did Blue See? when Steve helped Squirrel find out who yoo-hooed them in a park and they had a monkey, a bird, a chipmunk, a bee, a caterpillar, an inchworm, another bird, a frog, and a duck to choose from and it was Monkey, who was upside-down and saw everything upside-down too, Inchworm, who was under a bench and looking up at the rose that was tall, and a bird, who was on a bridge looking down below at the fish, Hide and Seek when Steve helped Diana Diamond find something that was in the shape of a diamond, had a string attached to it and flies, which was a kite, then Steve helped Cybil Circle find something in the shape of a circle, mostly yellow, had some red in it, and makes a bouncy sound, which was a ball, and Chris Crescent was looking for something in the shape of a crescent, it smelled sweet, which was a banana, Weight and Balance when Steve and Blue helped Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika weigh things to find out which of them weighed more and they had an apple, a coconut, strawberries, popcorn, butter, and a roll to choose from and the coconut, the strawberries, and the butter weighed more, and then Steve and Blue helped Bell in a store find lightest objects/items on a yellow, red, and orange shelf, and they had a rock, a dictionary book, a toothbrush, 4, 2, and 6 sets of blocks, a box of ribbons, a hairbrush, and a comb to choose from and the toothbrush, the 2 blocks, and the comb were the lightest, Thankful and Thankful with Blue when Steve and Blue helped Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, Cinnamon, Sage and Ginger find the foods that are salty, sour and sweet and they had pretzels, ice cream, bread, applesauce, cranberry sauce, butter, orange, white, and purple potatoes, and French fries to choose from and they picked pretzels, which are salty, cranberry sauce, which is sour, and orange potatoes, which are sweet, Nature when Steve and Blue went on a nature walk and played a game on what Steve sees. Steve saw something brown and long and a white tail and he either found the fish, rabbit, or deer, and he was seeing a deer, then he saw something that was small and red and had petals and he either found mountains, a bird, a wagon, or a flower, and Steve was seeing a flower, and then asked the Viewer if they wanted to find something too and they found a waterfall, Occupations when Steve helped Door find the right people to build his house, and there was a librarian, a farmer, an architect, a painter, a builder, an auto mechanic, a plumber, an electrician, and a landscaper to choose from and they chose an architect, who drew the plans, elevations, sections, lengths, widths, and heights of Door’s House, because a librarian checks out on books and a farmer works on a farm, then they chose a a builder, who read the plans on the blueprint and built the inside and outside of Door’s house, because a painter uses a paintbrush and an auto mechanic works on cars, and then they chose a plumber, who put pipes around Door’s house to run water through the bathtubs, toilets, and sinks, and the electrician arrived to run lights and wires so Door can have light when it’s dark and Landscaper arrived and planted trees and bushes around Door’s yard, and Builder arrived to finish the rest of the house, Blue's Big Mystery when Steve had a leaf and had apple, maple, and evergreen trees to choose from, and the leaf he had was from the maple trees, and then there were yellow, red, and brown maple trees to choose from the leaf Steve had was brown like the tree on the right and the leaf Steve had came from the brown maple tree on the right, Playing Store when Joe and Blue helped Ms. Giraffe find a bed that was 6 blocks tall as Ms. Giraffe and Mr. Elephant find a door that was 5 blocks tall and 4 blocks wide as Mr. Elephant and the bed on the right and the door in the middle were the ones for Ms. Giraffe and Mr. Elephant, and Up, Down, All Around! when Joe helped Fred Felt Friend get to the felt frame and there was a sailboat, a hot air balloon, and a train to choose from and the hot air balloon was picked.
* This is the ninth time where a wing was seen. The first two being Blue's Favorite Song, Song Time with Blue, Blue Wants to Play a Game, Patience and Contraptions! when ducks, a goose, and birds were drawn because they have wings, Bugs! and Look Carefully... when wings were drawn, and Joe's Surprise Party when Joe’s Present (Pin the Beak on the Duck) was drawn.
* This is the third time where a helicopter was seen. The first two being What's So Funny? when Steve found that Gopher was gonna pop up by a helicopter and Blue Takes You to School when Orange Kitten was playing with a helicopter.
* This is the fourth time where a penguin was seen. The first three being 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 Predictions when Joe and Blue read a story of a penguin named Penguin Pierre, and Blue's Mystery Present when a penguin was by a cow and koala.
* This is the second time where a koala was seen. The first time being Blue's Mystery Present.
* This is the third time where lemons were seen. The first two being Math! and 123's with Blue when lemonade was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on ice cubes, a cup, and lemons.
* This is the sixth time where apples were seen. The others being Math! when Steve help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper count apples, Thankful and Thankful with Blue when apples were drawn, Blue's Big Mystery when there were apple trees, and Magenta's Case of the Giggles when there were apples on a shelf.
* This is the fourth time where a zebra was seen. The first three being Blue's Collection when Steve showed us his stripe collection and he showed us his zebra Henrietta, The Alphabet Train when a zebra was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the colors white and black and the letter Z, and Blue's Storytime with Camila when a zebra was seen.
* This is the fifth episode in the franchise where a blanket was a clue. The first four being What Time Is It for Blue?, Blue Goes to the Beach, Blue's Big Holiday, and Mystery of the Missing Pies.
	+ This is also the third episode in the franchise where a blanket was the second clue with Blue Goes to the Beach, Blue's Big Holiday, and Mystery of the Missing Pies being the first three. However, in What Time Is It for Blue?, it was the first clue.
* Comet is playing hide and seek like Steve, Joe, Josh, and Blue did in Blue Wants to Play a Game, Hide and Seek, Can You Help? and Hide and Seek with Blue.
* Dancer is dancing like Rainbow Puppy and like how dance was the answer to Blue’s Clues in Story Wall when Blue left three clues on a moving motion, feet, and music, and It's Your Birthday! and Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood when a dancing motion was drawn.
* Dasher is hiding behind bushes like Blue did in Hide and Seek when she and Steve skidooed into a book called All About Blue where everyone and everything was blue and Blue was hiding in an audience, a bush, and a blue wolf costume, which was Blue’s favorite part (the costume store).
* Prancer is at three trees like in Blue's Big Mystery when Steve had a leaf and had apple, maple, and evergreen trees to choose from, and the leaf he had was from the maple trees, and then there were yellow, red, and brown maple trees to choose from and the leaf Steve had was brown like the tree on the right and the leaf Steve had came from the brown maple tree on the right and then Steve saw the first clue on footprints.
* This is the third episode in the franchise where a pillow was a clue. The first two being What Time Is It for Blue? and Hide and Seek.
	+ This is also the second episode in the franchise where a pillow was the third clue with What Time Is It for Blue? being the first. However, in Hide and Seek, it was the second clue.
* This is the first time where a snowman was part of the wrong answer even though a snowman was the answer to Blue’s Clues in A Snowy Day when Blue left three clues on a carrot, a hat, and a snowball and its wrong answer was that Steve thought Blue wanted to put the snowball in the hat and have a snowball sundae with a carrot on top and Blue's First Holiday when a snowman was the answer to Blue’s Clues again when young Blue left three clues on circles, a carrot, and snow and there was no wrong answer, and in Blue's Snowy Day Surprise when Josh and Blue met a singing snowman named Mo Snow and they sung a song on how snow works.
* The pillow is having a wrong answer like in What Time Is It for Blue? when Steve thought Blue wanted to wrap the pillow in the blanket and read it a story.
* A bed is the answer to Blue’s Clues in this episode, but a bed was a clue in the episode What's New, Blue?.
* This is the twenty-third time where any furniture was drawn or being the answer to Blue’s Clues. The others being Mailbox's Birthday, What Story Does Blue Want to Play?, Blue's Big Treasure Hunt, Inventions and Hide and Seek with Blue when chairs, a red rocking chair, and the Thinking Chair was drawn and when the Thinking Chair was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the color red, a chair, and a swirl, Tickety's Favorite Nursery Rhyme and Hide and Seek when clocks were drawn, What Does Blue Want to Build?, Signs and Making Changes when tables were drawn, What Was Blue's Dream About? when a mat was drawn, Blue's Birthday and Happy Birthday Blue when a tank was drawn, Blue Is Frustrated, The Big Book About Us, and Bedtime Business when mirrors and sinks were drawn, Blue's Big Pajama Party, Pajama Party with Blue, and The Wrong Shirt when lamps were drawn, Blue's Big Musical when a drawer was drawn, What's New, Blue? when a crib and bed were drawn, and Blue Takes You to School when a rug was drawn.
* In Blue's Big Holiday, Steve and Blue saw Green Puppy and Wynonna celebrating Christmas, Orange Kitten and Sam celebrating Chanukah, and Purple Kangaroo and Tyrese celebrating Kwanzaa. Steve and Blue celebrated a regular holiday and had a holiday quilt of memory patches, in which some had Shovel and Pail’s snow castle, the Pawprint, after getting cleaned off, Slippery Soap’s bubble snowman, young Steve and his grandma, Paprika when she was a baby, Tickety Tock and Grandfather Clock, Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa patches, and Blue as a baby, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (Blue as a baby), when Blue left three clues on 4 little prints, a blanket, and a rattle. In Blue's First Holiday, Joe and Blue celebrated a regular holiday and they and the others saw Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper make 2 movies of Steve when he was little and Joe, Blue, Sidetable Drawer, Mailbox, Tickety Tock, Slippery Soap, Shovel and Pail when they were babies, how they met Blue, and how they first played Blue’s Clues. And in Blue's Night Before Christmas, Josh and Blue celebrated Christmas and Steve was there and needed help to put Christmas ornaments that their friends liked and skidooed into a snow globe to help Joe wrap presents and they and everyone sung Jingle Bells, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (Jingle Bells), when Blue left three clues on a song, the Viewer, and a bell.
* Josh, Blue and Santa Claus' reindeer friends are singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas to wake Santa up like in Blue's Big Musical and Tickety's Big Musical Morning when Tickety Tock woke Steve, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, Cinnamon, Sage, Ginger, Slippery Soap, Josh, and Blue by singing, and Blue Makes a Movie with You! when Magenta was being a princess and every tried to wake her when Pail roared like a dragon, Tickety Tock stomped like a giant, and Shovel sounded like a firetruck siren, which didn’t work but clapping, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (clapping) when Blue left three clues on loud, a hand, and another hand, did.
* Santa Claus sleeping in a bed and being found was similar to what happened in What Story Does Blue Want to Play? when Goldilocks and the Three Bears was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a bowl, a chair, and a bear and Blue was Goldilocks, and Steve, Bunny, and Tickety Tock were the Three Bears and Sing & Boogie in Blue's Room when Blue, Roary, Fred and Polka Dots played Goldilocks and the Three Bears, in which Blue and the Viewer were Goldilocks and Roary, Fred and Polka Dots were the Three Bears and part of the story was Goldilocks is found sleeping in Baby Bear’s bed.
* Steve appears as a toy doll in this episode.
* Santa Claus appears for real in this episode even though he only appeared at the end of Blue's Night Before Christmas in voice and silhouette version.
* This is the eleventh reboot episode where The So Long Song isn't sung with the first ten being "Blue's Night Before Christmas", "Blue's Show and Tell Surprise", "It's Your Birthday!", "The Ghost of the Living Room", "A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights", "Building with Blue", "Rainbow Puppy's Skidoo Adventure", "Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood", "Feelin' Filipino", and "The Legend of the Jack O'Lantern". Instead, "A Blue Christmas with You" is sung at the end.
* The Handy Dandy Very Merry No-ho-hotebook from Blue's Night Before Christmas makes a return in this episode.
* Santa is asking Blue to lead like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in the movie and song part of it was, “Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say, 'Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight”?.
* Rainbow Puppy appears in the credits.
* This is the first episode of the series to air after the release of the Paramount+ movie, Blue's Big City Adventure which was streamed on November 18, 2022.
* This is the final episode to air in 2022.