John Cage, reads a letter written by a girl to the New York Sun asking is there Santa Claus. This is a true story.
Vonda Shepard's version of Kay Starr's Christmas classic "(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag", after it was featured, became a popular holiday song.
Robert Downey Jr. and Famke Janssen, who play ex-lovers in this episode, both played Marvel superheroes in several movies, though never together. Downey played Tony Stark/Iron-Man in the MCU Universe (produced by Marvel Studios and later Disney) starting with Iron-Man (2008), and Janssen played Jean Gray/Marvel Girl in the X-Men movies produced by 20th Century Fox starting with X-Men (2000).
Nelle mention her favorite character as a child was Alvin the Chipmunk. This was broadcast across 1983-1990.