History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS9E10MiracleOnEvergreenTerrace

** When Marge appears on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', she's seen on the [[FanNickname "Sushi Bar"]] set, which was used from 1996 to 2002. Also, Creator/AlexTrebek being depicted as host dates the episode to before his death in November 2020.

** When Marge appears on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', she's seen on the [[FanNickname "Sushi Bar"]] set, which was used from 1996 to 2002. Also, Creator/AlexTrebek being depicted as host dates the episode to before November 2020.

** When Marge appears on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', she's seen on the [[FanNickname "Sushi Bar"]] set, which was used from 1996 to 2002. Also the fact Creator/AlexTrebek is still alive dates the episode to any time before November 2020.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The Christmas rendition of the Gracie Films logo sounds really nice.

** When Marge appears on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', she's seen on the [[FanNickname "Sushi Bar"]] set, which was used from 1996 to 2002.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The sheer unbridled cruelty the citizens of Springfield inflict upon the Simpson family can be seen as ludicrously silly for just how extreme it can be. At one point, Miss Hoover tells Lisa to "turn [her desk] around and stop learning" because she wants her money back. Ralph even greets her with a sincerely cheerful "Hi, liar!" This culminates in the town deciding they just can't stay mad at the Simpson family anymore....so loot their house to get their money's worth back, warmly greeting the horrified family as they leave with their possessions.

* HilariousInHindsight: Marge goes on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', only to wind up with -$5200. In March 2015, one player ended up with -$6800, and then, in July 2021, another player topped that with a score of -$7400.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The Christmas rendition of the Gracie Films logo sounds really nice. If only it wasn't wasted on an episode this dark and miserable...

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The sheer unbridled cruelty the citizens of Springfield inflict upon the Simpson family can be seen as ludicrously silly for just how extreme it can be. At one point, Miss Hoover tells Lisa to "turn [her desk] around and stop learning" because she wants her money back. Ralph even greets her with, "Hi, liar!"

* WhatAnIdiot: At the beginning of the episode, Bart uses the "old Indian trick" (drinking water before bed) so he can look at his presents early. He ends up accidentally burning down the Christmas tree and the presents, so he takes the evidence to the frontyard and buries it in the snow. By the time he's finished, it's 7:01 a.m., and the family finds the tree and presents "missing". \\
'''You'd Expect''': Bart to tell them the truth right away. It's not as if he can hide what happened indefinitely: someone's ''bound'' to find the tree somehow in the next few days (which they do), and even if they don't, the snow will eventually melt.\\
'''Instead''': He generates a story about how a burglar stole the tree and all of the presents. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This only leads to the whole town thinking that the family scammed them later in the episode.]]\\
The whole town consequently comes together to raise a large amount of money and a new Christmas tree to save the Simpsons' Christmas, and encourage them to buy something wild.\\
'''You'd expect:''' That the Simpsons would use the money to replace the presents so that they can have the lovely Christmas morning they were denied, which shouldn't eat into the donations ''too'' much, and they would've been able to return most of the money when the truth emerged.\\
'''Instead''': Homer decides to buy a car, even though the family ''already'' has two cars, and due to his stupidity ends up paying $3,000 more than it's actually worth, with only Bart voicing any objection. Homer then drives the car onto a frozen lake in order to avoid traffic, and the car promptly melts the ice and falls into the lake, leaving them with nothing.\\
Now that all of Springfield thinks the Simpsons scammed them, and make them pariahs...\\
'''You'd then expect:''' Any one of them to realize that Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie don't deserve to suffer GuiltByAssociation for what is entirely Bart's wrongdoing. Since Bart is clearly guilt-ridden over the whole thing, he'd be quick to confess this was all his fault, and the rest of the family wasn't in on it at all.\\
'''Instead:''' It never occurs to any of them to do this, and they seem resigned to share the punishment for Bart's actions.\\
'''In addition:''' They admit that Bart told them about the lie...but no one thought to mention that they just found out ''right before they started that interview''.

* WhatAnIdiot: At the beginning of the episode, Bart uses the "old Indian trick" (drinking water before bed) so he can look at his presents early. He ends up accidentally burning down the Christmas tree and the presents, so he takes the evidence to the backyard and buries it in the snow. By the time he's finished, it's 7:01 a.m., and the family finds the tree and presents "missing". \\