For his Christmas party, Frasier wants to play "The Minister's Cat," a Victorian parlor game. In the basic game, all players sit in a circle, and the first player describes the minister's cat with an adjective beginning with the letter 'A.' (For example, "The minister's cat is an adorable cat.") Each player then does the same, using different adjectives starting with the same letter. Once everyone has done so, the first player describes the cat with an adjective beginning with the letter 'B'. This continues for each letter of the alphabet. A player is "out" of the game if they are unable to think of an adjective or if they repeat one previously used. Players may clap in unison or speak in a rhythmic manner during the game, setting the pace for each player to speak their word; if a player falls behind the pace while thinking of an adjective, they are also declared "out." The game is played in the 1970 movie, "Scrooge."
This episode marks the first mention of Frasier's nemesis, Cam Winston, who would be featured in several later episodes throughout the series run.
The episode title is taken from the poem "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" (or "A Visit from St. Nicholas"), which was first published anonymously in the Troy, New York, "Troy Sentinel" newspaper on December 23, 1823, by Clement Moore.
Jane Adams (Dr Mel Kamofsky) and Saul Rubinek (Donny Douglas) also worked together on the film "I Love Trouble (1994)."
If Frasier is in apartment 1901 why is Cam Winston's apartment 2000 if he is directly above Frasier.