It aired on Fox in the United States on December 15, 2013, and is written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Greg Colton.
[2] The Griffin family goes to Quahog Mall for the annual Christmas Carnival, but they find the festivities have been cancelled, causing Stewie to go on a destructive rampage.
Peter tries a fake story letter, making Carter drink egg nog in a hotel room, and having him masturbate, to no effect.
After explaining the situation to Brian, Stewie sends the return pad back to his past self in order to prevent a temporal paradox.
Club gave the episode a B+, saying "Admittedly, the sweetness is undercut a bit by all the jokes about how the Griffins didn't really care about Brian, even at the end.
But too much 'Christmas special' shoehorned spirit would have been empty and hollow, the way most Family Guy 'emotional' resolutions are—even leaning on the show's most compelling relationship, the whole three-episode story is a bit forced.
Maybe this sort of storytelling isn't sustainable for a fan base that (not without reason, especially for Family Guy) wants similar episodes every week without being too surprised.