How the Griffin Stole Christmas How the Griffin Stole Christmas "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" is the ninth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom "Family Guy", and the 278th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on December 11, 2016, and is written by Aaron Lee and directed by Julius Wu. The plot follows Peter turning into a Mall Santa and realizing he can do whatever he pleases with this new persona. Meanwhile, Brain and Stewie start crashing office Christmas parties to live life to the fullest. Its title is a play on the Dr. Seuss book "How the
How the Ghosts Stole Christmas [and] classic comedy episodes including, "How The Ghosts Stole Christmas." DVD.net called "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" a "classic" standalone episode. "SFX" named the episode the sixth best "SF [Sci-Fi] & Fantasy Christmas Episodes" and noted that it was full of "classic lines, some neat tricks". Zack Handlen from "The A.V. Club" gave the episode a largely positive review and awarded it a grade of an A. He noted that the episode was written in a similar manner to the earlier, Carter-penned "The Post-Modern Prometheus". Handlen wrote that both entries "have a gleeful, everybody-gets-out-okay-in-the-end vibe". He, however, concluded that the