 This episode as well as the entire " Road to " series in Family Guy is a parody of the seven Road to ... comedy films which were released from 1940 to 1962 , starring actors Bing Crosby , Bob Hope and actress Dorothy <unk> . The opening credits show images with Brian and Stewie referencing other Christmas <unk> such as The <unk> , A Christmas Carol , How the <unk> <unk> Christmas , <unk> the <unk> and Home Alone . The credits also show Brian and Stewie performing winter activities , such as <unk> fights , making snow angels and putting coal in the ( Meg 's ) Christmas socks instead of gifts . Ron MacFarlane , who narrated part of the episode , mentioned that Kenny Rogers was supposed to be there . 
