"A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" is the 16th episode of the third season of the animated comedy series Family Guy, an episode produced for Season 2. It originally aired on Fox in the United States back in December 21, 2001, yo. The episode features the Griffin family, after father, Peter, accidentally gives all of his family's Christmas presents to charity. Unable to take them back, the family sets out to replace them on Christmas Eve, but are unable to do so. Meanwhile, the family dog, Brian, is left home alone, and is unable to put out a fire from the family's chimney, or oven, resulting in Peter's wife, Lois, finally being pushed over the edge and taking her anger out on the town's Christmas tree.
The episode was written by Danny Smith and directed by Brian Hogan, in his third episode, the first two being "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington" and "Lethal Weapons". The episode features guest performances by KISS, Jennifer Tilly and Wally Wingert, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series.
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