Episode Notes
Chalkboard: None
Couch: A copy of The Springfield Shopper spins into frame with the headline, "COUCH GAG THRILLS NATION" and a black-and-white photo of the Simpsons on the couch.
First Church of Springfield sign/motd:
Christmas Service
Jesus: 2005 years young
Springfield Elementary School sign:
The Nutcracker
"Perhaps the worst version ever" Superintendent Chalmers
No leavin after your kid's part is done
Episode Quotes
Christmas Angel (Lisa): Hail Mary, full of grace.
Joseph (Homer): That's not all she's full of.
Christmas Angel (Lisa): Quiet you! (She turns to Mary) Mary you're carry in your womb the son of god, who will grow up to become king of the Jews.
Mary (Marge): So, not a doctor.
Christmas Angel (Lisa):: Well he will be able to heal the sick.
Mary (Marge): But nothing to hang on the wall.
(The Angel grumbles and disappears)
Shepherd Carl: I knew I'd like him, but I never dreamed I'd adore him.
Shepherd Lenny: I've got the Messiah's nose. I've got the Messiah's nose.
Shepherd Carl: Give it back, Give it back! You'll kill us all!
Joseph (Homer): Oh! I'm not the father, I'm not a wise man and I'm nothing. This is the worst Christmas ever!
Joseph (Homer): Me? But I'm watching the orange bowl.
Energizer Bunny: Uh! I don't know why I'm so run down. I must be low on Christmas spirit.
Energizer Battery: It's cause you're using regular batteries! You forgot about Energizer Ultra. Now let me crawl inside you.
(The Battery crawls into the bunnies butt)
Energizer Bunny: Uhh! Cold! So cold!
Young Grampa: Incoming! (They take a hide) Is it one of ours?
Young Burns: Who cares? It's Christmas! I wanna shoot something.
Moe: Hey Barn, as a special gift to me this year, will you kill me?
Barney: But I already got you a wool hat.
Moe: Maybe next year. huh.
Cultural References
The
Energizer Bunny Christmas Special is a parody on the
Energizer Bunny commercials. Read more about the toy in the
wikipedia article.
Burns is absorbing the spirit of "Christmas Past" with a mobile vacuum cleaner. The spirit is a figure from the novel
A Christmas Carol written by
Charles Dickens. Read more about novella in the
wikipedia article