A Blue Christmas with You! is the second episode of season four and the sixty-second episode overall in the reboot series Blue's Clues & You!. It is a new version of the Season 5 episode "Blue's First Holiday".
It's Christmas in Storybook World, and Josh and Blue skidoo to the North Pole for toy‐making fun, Reindeer Games, and a holiday celebration they'll never forget. We also play an extra special Christmas game of Blue's Clues to figure out where Santa Claus is.
Josh and Blue are at the North Pole again like they were in Blue's Night Before Christmas. Only they skidooed into a snow globe to get there and to help Joe wrap up. This time, they’re skidooing into a picture frame to get there and help Santa Claus' reindeer friends.
This marks the second appearance of the Snowy Day Thinking Chair, with the first being Blue's Snowy Day Surprise.
This is the seventh time where a train was seen. The others being Blue's Senses when a train was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a box, a light, and the sound, “choo choo”, Geography when Steve rode on a train through a mountain, Inventions, The Alphabet Train when Joe and the others made an Alphabet Train itself and found things from A-Z, which were airplane, Blue, crayon, drum, eagle, fox, globe, hat, ice cream, Joe, kite, leaf, mittens, newspaper, oval, Periwinkle, Pail, queen, rainbow, Slippery Soap, Tickety Tock, ukulele, volcano, wagon, x-ray, yo-yo, and zebra, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a zebra) when Blue left three clues on the colors white and black and the letter Z, Meet Blue's Baby Brother when Joe and Blue rode on a train through Alphabet City, Colors Town, Numbers Kingdom, and Shapes Forest and rode through all four places to the Golden Thinking Chair and found out that Sprinkles was the answer to Blue’s Clues when there were gold clues on a puppy, circles, and colors, and Blue's Show and Tell Surprise when Blue, Orange Kitten and Purple Kangaroo played train and used a tunnel and bridge to the other side and to get through.
This is the sixth time where a rocket was seen. The first five being Pretend Time when an astronaut was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a helmet, a star, and a rocket, Meet Polka Dots! when space was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on up, stars, and a planet and she and Polka Dots rode on a rocket, Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise when space was the answer to Blue’s Clues again when Blue left three clues on a helmet, a circle, and a star, and Into the Blueniverse! when Josh and Blue skidooed into space in the Thinking Chair Rocketship.
This is the fifth time where a robot was seen. The others being Something To Do Blue when Steve saw Periwinkle use shapes to make a robot, Contraptions! when Joe and Blue helped Gilda with different contraptions, Dress Up Day when Joe was dressed as a robot in the beginning, and Blue's Predictions when Joe and Blue saw Paprika and Cinnamon predict which robot will get to a bus and the red one did.
The four legs being drawn is similar to what happened in Mailbox's Birthday when Steve drew a chair and said, “Four legs”, Blue's Dino Clues when four feet were drawn and the four legs are rectangles like in Patience and Playing Store when pieces of wood were drawn.
This is the eleventh time where an airplane was seen. The others Pretend Time when Steve pretended to be an airplane and saw the first clue on a helmet and Shovel and Pail and Blue playing house, The Lost Episode! when Steve helped Shovel and Pail find Shovel’s airplane, Mechanics! when Steve and Blue fixed an airplane, Occupations when Steve saw Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika being a pilot, a co-pilot, and a flight attendant, Inventions when Steve and Blue played the inventions game with Shovel and Pail and there were pictures of a telegraph, a candlestick telephone, and a regular phone and airplanes of a glider, biplane, and jet plane, Patience when Joe and Blue helped Periwinkle glue an airplane’s wings and had to wait for the glue to dry, The Alphabet Train when Blue found an airplane for the A box, Blue's Mystery Present when airplanes were on a shelf, and Mailtime Mystery when Josh and Blue helped Postcard get mailed and she got delivered by airplane.
This is the eighth time where a boat was seen. The others being Geography when Steve rode on a boat to cross a river, The Boat Float when Joe and the others had different boats like when Slippery Soap had a sailboat with a bowl, Pail made a yellow boat, which sunk because it had a hole in it so Pail patched it up with clay, Periwinkle had an orange boat, which sunk because Periwinkle put too many rocks on and had to put only one on, and Shovel had a green boat, which sunk because Shovel put the rock on the side and had to put it in the middle, Mailbox was being a mailboat, and Joe and Blue helped Speedboat move by lifting her anchor, helped Sailboat move by putting her sail up, and helped Canoe move by putting one oar on his other side, and Blue made a fireboat, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues, (a fireboat), when Blue left three clues on the color red, a hose, and a siren, Playing Store when Slippery Soap was selling sailboats, Blue's Mystery Present when there were airplanes on a shelf, and Mailtime Mystery when there was a picture of a boat on a box.
This marks the twenty-first episode in the franchise where a ball was seen and drawn. The others being Blue's Senses, What Was Blue's Dream About?, Blue's ABCs and ABC's with Blue when there was a ball in The Girl and The Puppy, Hide and Seek, Laugh with Blue when juggling made Blue laugh when Blue left three clues on balls, Periwinkle Misses His Friend when Steve suggested that Periwinkle should bounce his ball on a rock, Blue's Collection when Blue's Ball was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a red stripe, a blue star, and a bouncing motion, What's New, Blue? when Steve saw Pail playing basketball, Blue's Backyard Ballgame Bonanza when Steve and the others played ball and at first Shovel and Pail rolled a ball up and down a hill, then Steve, Blue, and Periwinkle experimented with a red rubber ball, white hard ball, and a sock ball to see which one will bounce the most, which was the red rubber ball, then they experimented the rubber balls to see which object the ball will bounce on the most on the grass, the blanket, or the pavement, which was the pavement, and then experimented on how they should let the balls go down low, in the middle, or up high, and they should do it up high, and then Steve did an obstacle course with Beach Ball, and Blue wanted to do bowling, which was the answer to Blue’s (bowling), when Blue left three clues on a rolling motion, plastic bottles, and fallen down plastic bottles, A Brand New Game when a ball was drawn, Soccer Practice when Joe and the others played soccer, Blue's Backyard Sports Spectacular when Josh and the others played basketball and different sports, Magenta's Case of the Giggles when there were balls on a shelf, Tickety's Big Musical Morning when a catching motion with a ball was drawn, and Joshini The Amazing when Josh did a magic trick with balls.
This marks the twentieth episode in the franchise where any musical instrument was seen. The others being Mailbox's Birthday when a tape player was drawn, Song Time with Blue and Blue's Big City Adventure when a piano was drawn, also in Song Time with Blue when Steve, Josh, and Blue helped a drum, maracas, a trumpet, and a flute find the right sounds, What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? when a guitar was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a paper towel roll, a tissue box, and rubber bands, What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? when cymbals, a drum, and a marching toy were drawn, Art Appreciation when a wind chime was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a pie plate, string, and spoons, Blue's Big Holiday, The Baby's Here! and Sleepy Singalong with Blue when rattles and Steve and Josh’s guitars were drawn, Blue's School when Steve and the others had ABC Time and they found a G and a guitar, Blue's Big Band when Joe played on a cowbell, Tickety Tock played a triangle, Magenta played a tambourine, Sidetable Drawer did hip-hop dance, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, and Cinnamon were playing a washboard and rattles, Periwinkle played a drum, Mailbox played jazz on a flag cymbal, and Blue played a maraca, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a maraca), when Blue left three clues on a lid, beans, and an empty can, Blue's Big Beat Band when Josh was being a one-man band but had too many things with him, Sidetable Drawer was singing, Felicia was playing a clapping game, Tickety Tock was ringing her alarm bells, Magenta was playing a harmonica, Mailbox was playing an accordion, Josh and Blue skidooed into a songbook to help Bunny Jo find his band and directions from a frog to follow music with a slow and fast tempo, and Blue was playing drums, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a drum), when Blue left three clues on a circle, another circle, and a beat, Joe's Clues when a kazoo was drawn, Bluestock (Original/Remake) when Joe and Josh played Old MacDonald Had a Farm on a kazoo and guitar, and Blue's Night Before Christmas when a bell was drawn.
This is the fourth time where a car was seen. The first three being Inventions, Let's Write! when Joe saw Marky had cars in a second box and Blue's Big Car Trip when a car wash was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on water, soap, and a car.
This is the second time where a shark was seen. The first time being The Big Book About Us when Slippery Soap had pictures of things about the ocean including a shark.
This marks the fourteenth episode in the franchise where a frog was seen. The others being Pretend Time, What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?, Animal Behavior! when Steve hopped like a frog, What's That Sound? when a frog was seen, Environments when during the mailtime part, there was a frog in a swamp, Adventure when Steve hopped like a frog to go over a mud, Dress Up Day when a frog was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues the color green, a pond, and a hopping motion, Blue's Big Beat Band when Josh and Blue were finding the Banjo Bunny Band and a frog gave them directions by going on the path that had a slow and fast tempo, Blue's Treasure of Clue Lagoon when Josh and Blue put stones together for a tadpole and frog, and Blue's Storytime with Camila when a frog was seen again.
This is the fifth time where a bicycle was seen. The first four being Inventions, Morning Music when riding bicycles to Magenta’s House was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a sidewalk, a bicycle, and Magenta’s House itself, and Our New Neighbor when there was a picture of a bicycle on a box.
This is the eighth time where a house was seen. The others being Adventures in Art when a house was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a door, a window, and a roof, Magenta Gets Glasses, Morning Music and Getting Glasses with Magenta when Magenta’s House was drawn, Patience when a birdhouse was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on pieces of wood, a roof, and a bird, Magenta's Messages when the Blue's Clues House was drawn, and Building with Blue when a treehouse was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a door, a window, and a tree.
This is the fourth time where dinosaurs were seen. The first three being Prehistoric Blue when Steve and Blue saw Shovel, who was revealed to be scared of dinosaurs, and Pail found dinosaur footprints in the backyard, Shovel mistook a giraffe for an Apatosaurus, a bird for an archaeopteryx, and a porcupine for a stegosaurus, who were seen in a dinosaur diorama (Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus and Archaeopteryx), Mailbox was dressed as a triceratops, and Blue saw a chameleon, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a chameleon), when Blue left three clues on scales, a shape, and changing colors, I'm So Happy! when Shovel showed Joe that dinosaurs made him happy, and Blue's Dino Clues when Josh was a Josh-asaurus and he and Blue had a dinosaur egg and it had a triceratops, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (a triceratops), when Blue left three clues on four feet, plants, and three horns, Sidetable Drawer had a notebook-asaurus, helped a T-Rex feed different dinosaurs with meat and plants, then Josh and Blue did the Dinosaur Song with T-Rex, Triceratops and Stegosaurus, and Mailbox was a Triceratops.
This is the eighth time where a truck was seen. The others being What Does Blue Want to Build? when Steve saw the Popsicle Sticks build a truck, Dress Up Day when Sidetable Drawer dressed herself up as an ice cream truck, Soccer Practice when an ice cream truck was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on a truck, a cone, and circles, Blue's Anywhere Box Surprise when Josh and Blue made the Anything Box into an ice cream truck, Our New Neighbor when Josh and Blue heard the moving truck coming and Periwinkle arrived, and Mailtime Mystery when there was a picture of a truck on a box.
This is the fourth time where a teddy bear was seen. The first three being A Snowy Day when Blue hid behind the Thinking Chair while she put a blanket on a teddy bear and Steve saw the teddy bear and got kissed by Blue.
This is the third time where a puzzle piece was seen.
This is the fifth time where a sailboat was seen. The first four being Geography when Steve rode on a sailboat across a river, The Boat Float when Joe and Blue helped Sailboat hoist her sail to move, and Playing Store when Slippery Soap was selling sailboats and picked the one on the left.
The parts for the toys being to choose from was similar to what happened in What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?, What Did Blue See?, Hide and Seek, Weight and Balance when Steve and Blue helped Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika weigh things to find out which of them weighed more and they had an apple, a coconut, strawberries, popcorn, butter, and a roll to choose from and the coconut, the strawberries, and the butter weighed more, and then Steve and Blue helped Bell in a store find lightest objects and items on a yellow, red, and orange shelf, and they had a rock, a dictionary book, a toothbrush, a box of ribbons, a hairbrush, and a comb to choose from and the toothbrush, the 2 blocks, and the comb were the lightest, Thankful and Thankful with Blue when Steve and Blue helped Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, Cinnamon, Sage and Ginger find the foods that are salty, sour and sweet and they had pretzels, ice cream, bread, applesauce, cranberry sauce, butter, orange, white, and purple potatoes, and French fries to choose from and they picked pretzels, which are salty, cranberry sauce, which is sour, and orange potatoes, which are sweet, Nature when Steve and Blue went on a nature walk and played a game on what Steve sees. Steve saw something brown and long and a white tail and he either found the fish, rabbit, or deer, and he was seeing a deer, then he saw something that was small and red and had petals and he either found mountains, a bird, a wagon, or a flower, and Steve was seeing a flower, and then asked the Viewer if they wanted to find something too and they found a waterfall, Occupations, Blue's Big Mystery when Steve had a leaf and had apple, maple, and evergreen trees to choose from, and the leaf he had was from the maple trees, and then there were yellow, red, and brown maple trees to choose from the leaf Steve had was brown like the tree on the right and the leaf Steve had came from the brown maple tree on the right, Playing Store, and Up, Down, All Around!.
This is the third time where a helicopter was seen. The first two being Blue Takes You to School when Orange Kitten was playing with a helicopter.
This is the fourth time where a penguin was seen. The first three being Animal Behavior! when a penguin was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on black and white, ice, and a waddling motion, Blue's Predictions, and Blue's Mystery Present when a penguin was by a cow and koala.
This is the second time where a koala was seen. The first time being Blue's Mystery Present.
This is the third time where lemons were seen. The first two being Math! and 123's with Blue when lemonade was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on ice cubes, a cup, and lemons.
This is the fourth time where a zebra was seen. The first three being Blue's Collection, The Alphabet Train when a zebra was the answer to Blue’s Clues when Blue left three clues on the colors white and black and the letter Z, and Blue's Storytime with Camila when a zebra was seen.
This is the fifth episode in the franchise where a blanket was a clue.
Dancer is dancing like Rainbow Puppy and like how dance was the answer to Blue’s Clues in Story Wall when Blue left three clues on a moving motion, feet, and music, and It's Your Birthday! and Blue and Little Rainbow Riding Hood when a dancing motion was drawn.
Dasher is hiding behind bushes like Blue did in Hide and Seek when she and Steve skidooed into a book called All About Blue where everyone and everything was blue and Blue was hiding in a blue wolf costume, which was Blue’s favorite part (the costume store).
Prancer is at three trees like in Blue's Big Mystery when Steve had a leaf and had apple, maple, and evergreen trees to choose from, and the leaf he had was from the maple trees, and then there were yellow, red, and brown maple trees to choose from and the leaf Steve had was brown like the tree on the right and the leaf Steve had came from the brown maple tree on the right and then Steve saw the first clue on footprints.
This is the third episode in the franchise where a pillow was a clue. The first two being Hide and Seek.
This is also the second episode in the franchise where a pillow was the third clue. However, in Hide and Seek, it was the second clue.
This is the first time where a snowman was part of the wrong answer even though a snowman was the answer to Blue’s Clues in A Snowy Day when Blue left three clues on a carrot, a hat, and a snowball and its wrong answer was that Steve thought Blue wanted to put the snowball in the hat and have a snowball sundae with a carrot on top and in Blue's Snowy Day Surprise when Josh and Blue met a singing snowman named Mo Snow and they sung a song on how snow works.
A bed is the answer to Blue’s Clues in this episode, but a bed was a clue in the episode What's New, Blue?.
Josh, Blue and Santa Claus' reindeer friends are singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas to wake Santa up like in Blue's Big Musical and Tickety's Big Musical Morning when Tickety Tock woke Steve, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, Cinnamon, Sage, Ginger, Slippery Soap, Josh, and Blue by singing, and Blue Makes a Movie with You! when Magenta was being a princess and every tried to wake her when Pail roared like a dragon, Tickety Tock stomped like a giant, and Shovel sounded like a firetruck siren, which didn’t work but clapping, which was the answer to Blue’s Clues (clapping) when Blue left three clues on loud, a hand, and another hand, did.
Steve appears as a toy doll in this episode.
Santa Claus appears for real in this episode even though he only appeared at the end of Blue's Night Before Christmas in voice and silhouette version.
Santa is asking Blue to lead like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in the movie and song part of it was, “Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say, 'Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight”?.
Rainbow Puppy appears in the credits.
This is the first episode of the series to air after the release of the Paramount+ movie, Blue's Big City Adventure which was streamed on November 18, 2022.