Hot Cider in the City/References

Cultural References

 * The story's title is a pun on the song "".
 * When the bullies (Dolph, Jimbo and Kearney) confront the carolers (Bart, Lisa and Milhouse), Kearney calls the trio the "three wise dorks", a reference to the, who are often called the "Three Wise Men".
 * After Moe scares the bullies away, Bart says, "Last one back to Flanders' house is a rotten elf!", a wordplay on the children's saying " Last one in is a rotten egg ".

Christmas music

 * When Milhouse tries to talk Bart into going caroling, he first says that he and Lisa are "going a-wassailing", a reference to the carol "".
 * Milhouse then says they're going to sing "all the classics", including "" and "".
 * Bart, Lisa and Milhouse sing "" for Ned Flanders, and Flanders says it "blew him away in a manger", referring to the.
 * "": Dolph tells Bart, Lisa and Milhouse to "Get out of here before I deck your halls and beat the fa-la-la out of ya!"
 * The bullies sing "" for Moe. Bart uses ventriloquism to make it sound like the bullies have changed the lyrics to confess to playing prank phone calls on Moe.
 * Moe threatens the bullies by telling them that when he's fnished with them, all they'll want for Christmas is their two front teeth and a new spleen, a reference to the children's Christmas song "".

Continuity

 * Bart also sets up Jimbo to take the blame for the prank calls to Moe in the television episode "New Kid on the Block".