The scene Bubbles McGee (Joan Collins) is acting out is a direct satire of a scene from the Tales from the Crypt (1972) segment "And All Through the House" where the character played by Joan Collins also kills her husband, only to be attacked by an escaped mental patient dressed as Santa Claus. The same story line was also used in the "Tales from the Crypt" (1989) TV series episode "And All Through the House" directed by Robert Zemeckis.
The killer Santa Claus from the movie involving Bubbles McGee (Joan Collins) is reminiscent to the season 2 episode "Unholy Night" where Ian McShane guest stars as Leigh Emerson, a man who dressed up as Santa Claus and went on a killing spree.
Joan Collins, "Bubbles McGee" has a tongue in cheek line about her acting career saying, "Well maybe on one of those procedurals, that you see on CBS." This is a reference to her work on "Dynasty", which was made by NBC but later bought by CBS in 2006.