White Christmas Blues/References
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"White Christmas Blues"
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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 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:
- 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.
- 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
- 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:
- In church, Gil is seen on both sides of the room.
