I Won't Be Home for Christmas/References
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"I Won't Be Home for Christmas"
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Cultural references
Trivia
- The opening sequence is a subtle rework of the opening from the previous season's Christmas episode, White Christmas Blues. Among the changes:
- As the clouds part at the beginning, Barney as Santa in a sleigh pulled by reindeer lead by Santa's Little Helper (as Rudolph) is replaced by The Rich Texan in a convertible pulled by buffalo.
- As Bart snowboards away from the school, two polar bears play catch with Groundskeeper Willie. In the previous version, Bart's landing revealed Grampa under the snow, with a sign "Still warmer than nursing home," seemingly having been buried by Willie, who is shoveling snow nearby. Additionally, the newer version deletes a number of Christmas trees and buildings in the background.
- The sign in the background as Homer works is changed from "94 days till March 28, actual birth of Christ" to "31 days until Greek Orthodox Christmas."
- The unibrow baby already has the "defective" stamp on his head, but Maggie gives him a present rather than him being taken away.
- Instead of "Good King Wenceslas," the band plays "Jingle Bells," and when Lisa pops back in the door, snow falls on her.
- Moe now stands at the door to his bar happy, with an ice "Venus de Milo" instead of standing there grumpy and alone.
- Patty and Selma were originally Dr. Seuss characters, but are now hockey players.
- As Bart passes the Chinese restaurant with Jewish characters in the window, Rabbi Krustofsky is seen as a ghost, per his death in the season premiere's Clown in the Dumps, along with the ghost of Joan Rivers.
- While Lou, Dr. Hibbert and Carl appear celebrating Kwanzaa in season 25, Snake is seen holding up a sidewalk Santa in season 26.
- As Marge drives herself and Maggie home in the sleigh, the Snow Monster is added to the sharp right-turn.
- They are then chased down by Mr. Burns and Mr. Smithers in a sleigh pulled by Burns' guard dogs. In season 25's version, Crazy Cat Lady appears in a shopping cart pulled by her cats, which distracts Burns' dogs. The version in this episode also adds the Sea Captain in a boat on skis pulled by belly-sliding penguins.
- As the camera quickly pans past numerous characters over to the Simpson house, the updated version adds Edna as an angel with wings (and her coffee mug).
Continuity
Goofs =
- When Bart and Lisa come downstairs on Christmas, Lisa's slippers disappear after the first scene.
