The character dialogue contains the lines "Same procedure as last year?" to which the reply is "Same procedure as every year." This refers to a comedy sketch popular in Scandinavia, "Dinner for One," which is rebroadcast every Christmas.
The film is based on the true story of Holmsen's sister, a Norwegian, and her relationship with an Indian, whom she brings home for Christmas Eve.
The line "Same procedure as usual" is the final line from "Dinner for One", which is also known as "The 90th Birthday" (German: "Der 90. Geburtstag", Swedish: "Grevinnan och betjänten"). This is a popular British television comedy sketch. It is repeated every New Year's Eve in several European countries. The two-hander sketch was originally written by British author Lauri Wylie for the theatre. After featuring on the stage, the German TV broadcaster, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), recorded the sketch in 1962 as an 18-minute black-and-white videotape recording, performed in English by British comedians Freddie Frinton and May Warden.[1] The sketch begins with an introduction in German, followed by the main act in English, and is available online.