The Fight Before Christmas/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the poem "The Night Before Christmas".
Bart's dream
- The Polar Express is based on the train from the book and film The Polar Express. In the film, it also goes to the North Pole.
Lisa's dream
Marge's dream
- The family sing "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Breakfast", a parody of the song "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas".
- A song from The Nutcracker is heard, as typically heard in any Christmas Simpsons episode.
Maggie's dream
- Katy Perry's appearing as her real-life self while the rest of the cast are puppets is a parody of celebrity guest appearances on The Muppet Show.
- Grampa and Jasper are parodying Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets.
