 " Road to the North Pole " is the sixth episode of the " Road to " episodes of the series which air through various seasons of the show . It was directed by Family Guy veteran Greg Colton , this being the first episode he has directed since the eighth season episode " Go Stewie , Go . " This is also Colton 's third " Road to " episode , the first being " Road to Germany " and the second being " Road to the <unk> . " The episode was written by Chris Sheridan and Danny Smith , this being the first Smith wrote since " Partial Terms of <unk> , " and his first " Road to " episode . It included staff writers Alex Carter , Andrew Goldberg and Elaine <unk> . It is an hour @-@ long special with three musical numbers . Ron MacFarlane , Seth MacFarlane 's father , served as the episode 's narrator . This is also the first " Road to " episode to be composed by Ron Jones . 
