Reindeer meat does not taste like chicken.
The Simpsons take a light saber to Christmas dinner.
He is the itchy sweater you always got from that aunt who smelled vaguely like naugahyde.
Admit it, she did.
These have yielded some classics, from the very firstSimpsonsChristmas that introduced Santas Little Helper.
This is not the first time weve seen Lisa and Bart immediately drop dime on Homer either.
Lisa says that not being home for Christmas is an unforgivable gaffe.
Bart correctly surmises that it sets a bad Christmas Eve precedent, fat guys showing up late.
The individual jokes work and there are a lot of them.
That takes a little bit of the sting out it.
Homer seems to truly believe that he just might win one of the scratch-off lotteries.
Each loss hits him painfully unsuspectingly, but each call for a new scratch-off has hope.
One detail seemed very important, Ned Flanders talking about Edna.
Ned Says Barts old teacher left him with some nice memories and ungraded papers that hes still getting throught.
Not Maude Flanders, the kids mom, but Edna Krabappel.
This is the first time theyve addressed her as a gone character.
Tonight it is Moe who saves the day.
Moes confession is a bit of an easy out.
The Simpsons have always celebrated easy outs, so we shouldnt be too up disappointed.
But I like my Moes just a little more needy and greedy.
These bouts of altruism could really ruin his reputation.
The Stevie Wonder ditty Some Day at Christmas, is nicely unexpected montage music.
Someday at Christmas men wont be boys.
But we cant always assume theSimpsonsteam screwed up.
On Christmas, the place to get drunk is at home.
Hank Azaria plays Moe Szyslak and Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
Harry Shearer is Mr. C. Montgomery Burns and yet he is also Waylon Smithers.
But It All Went By So Fast:Pineapple Plopper Ham: Cooked and Cured Premium Holiday Ham.
Christmas Music Channels: Country and Wenceslas, Norwegian Death Metal Holiday Hymns, A Vin Scully Christmas.
Lego Simpsons 90% Off.
Kwik E Nog Used to Be Milk.
Barts card to Lisa: This counts as a present.
Welcome Relatives, Extended Hours, See your Loved Ones, Springfield Retirement Castle.
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Rating:
3 out of 5
