Season 3 · Episode 16 · First aired 21 December 2001
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Episode 16 of Family Guy season 3 (S03E16), the 44th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Danny Smith and directed by Brian Hogan. First broadcast on 21 December 2001.
Story
Christmas arrives in Quahog and Lois has planned the perfect holiday for her family. Everything goes wrong, and the strain becomes too much for her. She breaks down and runs riot through the town. Stewie, meanwhile, has become paranoid about Santa Claus and is determined to stay on his good side. The town nativity play gives him the part of the infant Jesus. He uses the role to show Santa he is being good, and to bring Lois back to her senses.
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Female Hipster, Julie |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Man #2 |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Peter Criss | Peter Criss |
| Ace Frehley | Ace Frehley |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown |
| Gene Simmons | Gene Simmons |
| Danny Smith | Mall Santa, Asian Shopper, Herbie the Elf |
| Paul Stanley | Paul Stanley |
Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze.
Guest voices
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
- Hynden Walch as Kid #3
Season 3: episode 16 of 22
- E1The Thin White Line
- E2Brian Does Hollywood
- E3Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington
- E4One If by Clam, Two If by Sea
- E5And the Wiener Is...
- E6Death Lives
- E7Lethal Weapons
- E8The Kiss Seen Around the World
- E9Mr. Saturday Knight
- E10A Fish Out of Water
- E11Emission Impossible
- E12To Love and Die in Dixie
- E13Screwed the Pooch
- E14Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?
- E15Ready, Willing, and Disabled
- E16A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' ChristmasYou are here
- E17Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows
- E18From Method to Madness
- E19Stuck Together, Torn Apart
- E20Road to Europe
- E21Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
- E22When You Wish Upon a Weinstein
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 3 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
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- Note
- The story summary and notes were written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, awaiting editorial review. Facts only; no dialogue is reproduced. Voice credits: Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.