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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the phrase "White Christmas".
• During the couch gag, "Jingle Bells" plays.
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "It's a Wonderful Knife" is a reference to the film It's a Wonderful Life.
  • The movie shown at the theater, The Postman Always Brings Mice, is a reference to the film The Postman Always Rings Twice.
• The headline on Channel 6 News is "Sleetless in Seattle", a reference to the film Sleepless in Seattle.
• The headline "Frost Nixin'" is a reference to the film Frost/Nixon.
• The people in Buffalo, New York sing a parody of "Carol of the Bells", "Happy Hunting".
• "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" plays on the pan over to the Simpson house.
  • The guests in the Simpson house later sing the song.
• "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker plays when the tourists come to town.
• Apu claims to have several copies of the movie Milk and says that it's a return to form for director Gus Van Sant.
• Professor Frink asks Apu if he has Life of Pi. Apu says that he has home movies of him on a canoe with a dog, called Life of 'Pu.
• "Merry Christmas, Baby" by The Beach Boys plays during Homer's Baby Jesus dream segment.
• Frosty the Hit Man is a reference to/parody of "Frosty the Snowman". The claws of Frosty the Hit Man are very similar to those of Wolverine from Marvel. The pose on the front of the box is similar to that of one of the posters from the movie The Wolverine.
• DVDs seen within Frosty the Hit Man:
  • The Shark Week Before Christmas is a reference to Shark Week, Jaws and The Night Before Christmas.
  • The film Boxing Day stars Lennox Lewis.
  • Here Comes Snooki Claus is a reference to both Here Comes Santa Claus and Snooki.
  • The Girl with the Santa Tattoo is a parody of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
  • A Kardashian Kristmas with Kwanzaa By Kanye is a reference to the Kardashian family with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West appearing on the cover.
  • Jingle Bell Spock is a reference to "Jingle Bell Rock" and stars Spock from Star Trek.
  • A Zombie Christmas with Bing Crosby, Elvis and the 1932 All American Football Team stars Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and the 1932 All American Football Team.
  • Claus Encounters of the Third Kind is a parody of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
  • Hitler's Christmas in Hell is a film about Adolf Hitler's Christmas in Hell.
  • No Country for Fat Old Men is a parody of No Country for Old Men.
  • A Cowardly Noel with Noel Coward is a film about Noel Coward.
  • An Easter Bunny Christmas is a Christmas/Easter film about the Easter Bunny.
  • Real World: Bethlehem is a reference to The Real World series.
  • Christmas with The Simpsons is a real The Simpsons DVD.
  • The Dreidel Will Rock is a parody of The Cradle Will Rock.
  • The Ornament That Wanted to Be an Angel
  • Weird Al Sings "Pringle Bells" is a movie starring "Weird Al" Yankovic.
  • I Saw Mommy Frenching Santa Claus is a parody of the film I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.
  • The Year with No Christmas Specials is most likely a reference to the TV special The Year Without a Santa Claus.
  • The Three Scrooges is a parody of The Three Stooges.
  • Citizen Cane is a parody of Citizen Kane.
  • Manger Danger is a reference to the phrase Stranger Danger and possibly the film Nativity II: Danger in the Manger.
  • Three Wise Men and a Baby is a reference to Three Men and a Baby and the Three Wise Men.
  • SNL's Most Mediocre Christmas Sketches is a reference to Saturday Night Live.
• Reverend Lovejoy presses a button in church that plays "Deck the Halls".
• "Jingle Bells" plays at Towne Centre at Springfielde Glenne.
• A doll of Binky from Life in Hell is seen at a stall.
• The Art of Slingshot is a reference to the book The Art of War.
• Burp, Barf & Beyond is a reference to the retail store chain Bed Bath & Beyond.
• Prank of America is a reference to the Bank of America.
• "The First Noel" plays in the Simpson house after the guests sing "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen".
• Lisa gets Bart a copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson for Christmas.
• When Lisa asks why Bart would burn a book, Bart says that the idea came from a book. Lisa then asked if he meant Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
• Bart tells Lisa that he learned it from the book The Berry-Stained Bears Make S'mores, a parody of the Berenstain Bears.
• Worms with Friends is a parody of Words with Friends.
• Lisa brings up The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry on his tablet.
• The house guests sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" to Marge, joined by the Simpsons.
  • They then sing "Good King Wenceslas".
• During the end credits, snippets of "Carol of the Bells", "Jingle Bells", "Deck the Halls" and "O Tannenbaum" are heard.

Trivia

• The two angels in the opening sequence are Edna Krabappel, as Marcia Wallace passed away approximately two months before the episode aired, and writer and producer Don Payne, who also died earlier in the same year and wrote the episode.
• The number plate on the Orange Station Wagon is SABF01, the production code for the episode.
• Marge says that there's a rec room off the kitchen, but sometimes it's there and sometimes it isn't.

Goofs

2 Moes

• In one of the crowd scenes, Moe is talking to the crowd and there is another Moe in the crowd.
• Alice Glick makes another posthumous appearance.
• As Reverend Lovejoy approaches his podium, a few mistakes are seen:
  • Johnny Tightlips has gray hair.
  • Squeaky-voiced teen has dark brown hair.
  • The Old Jewish man is seen in the Christian church.
• In church, Gil is seen on both sides of the room.