[1] In the story, Bertie has fallen in love with the mischievous Roberta "Bobbie" Wickham, though Jeeves has misgivings about her.

Bertie wants to get revenge on "Tuppy" Glossop for playing a trick on him, and Bobbie suggests a scheme involving a long stick, a darning needle, and a hot water bottle.

Sir Roderick Glossop will also be there, and Aunt Agatha has convinced him to give Bertie another chance to demonstrate that he is not mentally unsound.

Jeeves says that Bobbie, though a charming young lady, is too volatile and frivolous for Bertie.

Jeeves also believes that Bobbie's vivid red hair is a dangerous sign.

At half-past two on Christmas morning, Bertie sneaks into Tuppy's room and punctures the hot water bottle.

Then the door loudly falls shut, which wakes the occupant of the bed, who, to Bertie's surprise, is not Tuppy, but Sir Roderick Glossop.

Wodehouse invariably has Bertie Wooster using – or misusing – many literary and Biblical allusions.

[7] The anthology The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor, published by Simon and Schuster in 1963, included the story.

Bertie Wooster's tendency to abbreviate words caused confusion with printers when this story was printed in Very Good, Jeeves.

[9] "Festives" appears in the 2008 Arrow Books (British) edition: "'We have here a communication from Lady Wickham.

[11] There are some changes in plot, including: A reading of "Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit" by actor Martin Jarvis in front of an invited theatre audience was first aired on BBC Radio 4 as part of the Jeeves Live series on 17 December 2017.