It's a Christmas miracle, Family Guy Fanatics!

A few weeks after crushing the hearts and souls of fans everywhere by actually killing off Brian, the series turned aroud and surprised many once again on Family Guy Season 12 Episode 8...

... by resurrecting Brian!

Indeed, Stewie ran into his Future Self at a toy store, realized there's still a way to go back time to save his pal, received the go-ahead from Vinny and brought Brian back into our lives.

How did it all go down? Watch the latest installment of this animated smash now and sound off: Are you glad Brian is back in the picture? Did you ever really believe he was gone?

And will you now miss Vinny?