Nibbles' second appearance after The Milky Waif (1946) and the first Tom and Jerry cartoon in which Nibbles and Jerry work as a team against Tom.
Co-directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera won seven Best Short of the Year Oscars. In order: The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943), Mouse Trouble (1944), Quiet Please! (1945), The Cat Concerto (1947), The Little Orphan (1948), The Two Mouseketeers (1952), and Johann Mouse (1953).
Later versions of this cartoon have had a scene cut. The scene: Nibbles fires a candle that lands on Tom's tail, which consequently turns him black, followed by Nibbles sending a champagne bottle careering towards a still-black Tom and sending him hurtling toward a cupboard. Both scenes were cut from these expurgated versions.
As was typical of the time, the attention given to background artistry by the animators was exceptional. Even a carved wood chair leg is rendered in perfect detail.
After the rationing years on WW2, a Thanksgiving banquet as shown was once again a welcome part of American lives. Gelatine dishes, which had been popular during the war years, were really developing into a cuisine of their own at mid century, as shown here.