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* CallBack: Lisa gives Bart a copy of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a book that Bart [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF once tried to B.S. through while giving an oral book report.]]
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* CallBack: Lisa gives Bart a copy of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a book that Bart [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF once tried to B.S. through while giving an oral book report.]]report]].
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While book burning is a horrible thing. Bart was right when he tells Lisa she should have gotten the family presents they themselves would have liked/wanted, rather than things Lisa got for them so she could feel good about herself. Lisa concedes Bart's point.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While book burning is a horrible thing. thing, Bart was right when he tells Lisa she should have gotten the family presents they themselves would have liked/wanted, rather than things Lisa got for them so she could feel good about herself. Lisa concedes Bart's point.
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* KidsDrivingCars: As Springfield's business owners pull out all the stops to get more money from the tourists, Apu introduces "valet parking" to the Kwik-E-Mart with the octuplets as his valets. The results are as disastrous as you'd expect.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Krusty is ''horrified'' when he actually pays attention to the ''Itchy & Scratchy'' cartoon he's broadcasting to his young audience, stating that he's never watched one sober before.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Krusty is ''horrified'' aghast when he actually pays attention to the ''Itchy & Scratchy'' cartoon he's broadcasting to his young audience, stating admitting that he's never watched one sober before.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Krusty is ''horrified'' when he actually pays attention to the ''Itchy & Scratchy'' cartoon he's broadcasting to his young audience, stating that he's never watched one sober before.
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* PreEmptiveDeclaration: When Martin Prince asks Comic Book Guy why a robot would need mittens in response to him dressing up his storefront for the Christmas tourists, Comic Book Guy asks him why a nerd would need aspirin and then hits him in the head with a rolled-up comic book.
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* PreEmptiveDeclaration: PreemptiveDeclaration: When Martin Prince asks Comic Book Guy why a robot would need mittens in response to him dressing up his storefront for the Christmas tourists, Comic Book Guy asks him why a nerd would need aspirin and then hits him in the head with a rolled-up comic book.
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* PreEmptiveDeclaration: When Martin Prince asks Comic Book Guy why a robot would need mittens in response to him dressing up his storefront for the Christmas tourists, Comic Book Guy asks him why a nerd would need aspirin and then hits him in the head with a rolled-up comic book.
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* IgnoredExpert: The plot is began by the impact of global warming eliminating any chance of snow for the Winter season. Homer states that it turns out every scientist was right.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Bart complains about the state of television "turning crappy", which Marge chastises him for saying. She then thinks this to herself once she pours open a bag of mini candy canes.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Bart complains about the state of television things "turning crappy", which Marge chastises him for saying. She then thinks this to herself once she pours open a bag of mini candy canes.
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* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Subverted. After Lisa finds Bart burning his book, he accuses her of getting a gift ''she'' would have wanted instead. Flanders shows up briefly, offering to explain the true meaning of Christmas. From off-screen, Homer shouts "Shut up, Flanders!", and Flanders goes away.
* UnfortunateNames: Mayor Quimby keeps winning the election because his adversary's name is too long for the voters to remember.[[note]]Not long as having several words but long as a word with too many letters due to him being Slavic.[[/note]]
* UnfortunateNames: Mayor Quimby keeps winning the election because his adversary's name is too long for the voters to remember.[[note]]Not long as having several words but long as a word with too many letters due to him being Slavic.[[/note]]
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* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Subverted. After Lisa finds Bart burning his book, he accuses her of getting a gift ''she'' would have wanted instead. Flanders shows up briefly, offering to explain the true meaning of Christmas. From off-screen, Homer shouts "Shut up, Flanders!", and Flanders goes away.
* UnfortunateNames: Mayor Quimby keeps winning the election because his adversary's name is too long for the voters to remember.[[note]]Not long as having several words but long as a word with too many letters due to him being Slavic.[[/note]]away.
* UnfortunateNames: Mayor Quimby keeps winning the election because his adversary's name is too long for the voters to remember.[[note]]Not long as having several words but long as a word with too many letters due to him being Slavic.[[/note]]
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* BrickJoke: Homer's imagine spot about Jesus starting and running a hotel becomes this when the episode ends with a scene where Jesus charges people $ 1,000 per night in a manger.
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* BrickJoke: Homer's imagine spot about Jesus starting and running a hotel becomes this when the episode ends with a scene where Jesus charges people $ 1,000 $1,000 per night in a manger.
* CreditsGag: On top of the credits is a montage of out-of-state license plates.
* GiftOfTheMagiPlot: One of the books Lisa shows Bart is ''Gift of the Magi''. Bart assumes that it means that Maggie actually gave him the gift, but Lisa is passing it off as her own. Despite this lampshade, the plot before this is not an example.
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* TheTag: After the credits start, two more scenes are shown. First, Marge uses the blender to drown out the sound of Christmas carols, and the second briefly continues Homer's ImagineSpot about baby Jesus. The rest of the credits then play out, with a CreditsGag on top of it.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Subverted. After Lisa finds Bart burning his book, he accuses her of getting a gift ''she'' would have wanted instead. Flanders shows up briefly, offering to explain the true meaning of Christmas. From off-screen, Homer shouts "Shut up, Flanders!", and Flanders goes away.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Subverted. After Lisa finds Bart burning his book, he accuses her of getting a gift ''she'' would have wanted instead. Flanders shows up briefly, offering to explain the true meaning of Christmas. From off-screen, Homer shouts "Shut up, Flanders!", and Flanders goes away.
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* HumanSnowball: Wiggum and Lou get themselves into one of these after the former tries to pick up a piece of candy.
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* OverlyLongName: Mayor Quimby keeps getting re-elected because the voters have a hard time remembering his adversary's long name.
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* OhCrap: Krusty makes an attempt to try and block the Itchy and Scratchy short on his show, only to realize just how violent it actually because he never saw one [[DepravedKidsShowHost sober]] and throws a pie at the camera to hide it. It backfires when the commercial bumper shows Itchy ripping out Scratchy's spine.
* OverlyLongName: Mayor Quimby keeps getting re-elected because the voters have a hard time remembering his Slavic adversary's long name.
* OverlyLongName: Mayor Quimby keeps getting re-elected because the voters have a hard time remembering his Slavic adversary's long name.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Bart complains about the state of television "turning crappy", which Marge chastizes him for saying. She then thinks this to herself once she pours open a bag of mini candy canes.
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* UnfortunateNames: Mayor Quimby keeps winning the election because his adversary's name is too long for the voters to remember.[[note]]Not long as having several words but long as a word with too many letters.[[/note]]
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* UnfortunateNames: Mayor Quimby keeps winning the election because his adversary's name is too long for the voters to remember.[[note]]Not long as having several words but long as a word with too many letters.letters due to him being Slavic.[[/note]]
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* CallBack: Lisa gives Bart a copy of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a book that Bart [[Recap/TheSimpsonsSeason2Episode1BartGetsAnF once tried to B.S. through while giving an oral book report.]]
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* CallBack: Lisa gives Bart a copy of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a book that Bart [[Recap/TheSimpsonsSeason2Episode1BartGetsAnF [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF once tried to B.S. through while giving an oral book report.]]
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* CallBack: Lisa gives Bart a copy of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a book that Bart [[Recap/TheSimpsonsSeason2Episode1BartGetsAnF once tried to B.S. through while giving an oral book report]].report.]]
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* CallBack: Lisa gives Bart a copy of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a book that Bart [[TheSimpsonsSeason2Episode1BartGetsAnF once tried to B.S. through while giving an oral book report]].
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* CallBack: Lisa gives Bart a copy of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a book that Bart [[Recap/TheSimpsonsSeason2Episode1BartGetsAnF [[TheSimpsonsSeason2Episode1BartGetsAnF once tried to B.S. through while giving an oral book report]].
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* CallBack: Lisa gives Bart a copy of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a book that Bart [[Recap/TheSimpsonsSeason2Episode1BartGetsAnF once tried to B.S. through while giving an oral book report]].
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* BurnBabyBurn: Bart burns the book he got from Lisa. He wants to get rid of in a dramatic gesture because she knew he wouldn't like such a gift.
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* PaperDestructionOfAnger: Bart burns the book Lisa got him. He's angry because she knew he wouldn't like it.
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* ChariotPulledByCats:
** Crazy cat lady is seen in the intro driving a sleigh pulled by several of her cats.
** In the intro, Mr Burns is driving a sleigh drawn by his signature hounds. (Dogs are sometimes used to pull sleigh in real life, but it's PlayedForLaughs here as Mr Burns signature hounds are usually sent to chase away unwanted guests.)
** Marge and Maggie look like Christmas elves in the intro and they ride in a sleigh pulled by several greyhounds which is Santa's Little Helper breed.
** Homer's romantic carriage ride through the snow, advertised as a horse-drawn carriage, is actually Homer sitting in a small cart pulled by Snowball the cat and Santa's Little Helper the dog. He puts pictures of a mouse and a cat in front of them to power the cart by AnimalJingoism. There's no place for the tourists to sit and they are supposed to just watch him drive.
** Crazy cat lady is seen in the intro driving a sleigh pulled by several of her cats.
** In the intro, Mr Burns is driving a sleigh drawn by his signature hounds. (Dogs are sometimes used to pull sleigh in real life, but it's PlayedForLaughs here as Mr Burns signature hounds are usually sent to chase away unwanted guests.)
** Marge and Maggie look like Christmas elves in the intro and they ride in a sleigh pulled by several greyhounds which is Santa's Little Helper breed.
** Homer's romantic carriage ride through the snow, advertised as a horse-drawn carriage, is actually Homer sitting in a small cart pulled by Snowball the cat and Santa's Little Helper the dog. He puts pictures of a mouse and a cat in front of them to power the cart by AnimalJingoism. There's no place for the tourists to sit and they are supposed to just watch him drive.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Bart asks Lisa if she gave the gifts she gave because she thought they'd like or to make herself feel better.
* BrickJoke: Homer's imagine spot about Jesus starting and running a hotel becomes this when the episode ends with a scene where Jesus charges people $ 1,000 per night in a manger.
* BrickJoke: Homer's imagine spot about Jesus starting and running a hotel becomes this when the episode ends with a scene where Jesus charges people $ 1,000 per night in a manger.
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* TakeThat: Marge delivers one to Christmas songs with more than one verse. She says the songs become confusing and religious from the second verse onwards.
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* ShoutOut: The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon episode shown in this Simpsons episode is titled [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife "It's a Wonderful Knife"]] and features Scratchy as Geroge Bailey after regaining the will to live.
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* ShoutOut: The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon episode shown in this Simpsons episode is titled [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife "It's a Wonderful Knife"]] and features Scratchy as Geroge Bailey after regaining the will to live. The background features a movie theater announcing [[Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice "The Postman Always Brings Mice"]].
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* ImagineSpot: When Marge asks Homer what Jesus would do, Homer imagines Jesus going to Cornell to learn hotel management, becoming assistant manager at Holiday Inn, reading a book about becoming one's own boss, taking a loan to start his own small hotel and using a miracle to conjure food for guests.
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* ShoutOut: The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon episode shown in this Simpsons episode is titled [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife "It's a Wonderful Knife"]] and features Scratchy as Geroge Bailey after regaining the will to live.live.
* StartMyOwn: Homer's imagine spot features Jesus being an assistant manager until he borrows money from a bank to start his own hotel.
* UnfortunateNames: Mayor Quimby keeps winning the election because his adversary's name is too long for the voters to remember.[[note]]Not long as having several words but long as a word with too many letters.[[/note]]
* StartMyOwn: Homer's imagine spot features Jesus being an assistant manager until he borrows money from a bank to start his own hotel.
* UnfortunateNames: Mayor Quimby keeps winning the election because his adversary's name is too long for the voters to remember.[[note]]Not long as having several words but long as a word with too many letters.[[/note]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Bart tells Lisa she should have gotten the family presents they themselves would have liked/wanted, rather than things Lisa got for them so she could feel good about herself. Lisa concedes Bart's point.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While book burning is a horrible thing. Bart was right when he tells Lisa she should have gotten the family presents they themselves would have liked/wanted, rather than things Lisa got for them so she could feel good about herself. Lisa concedes Bart's point.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lisa got the family Christmas gifts they wouldn't like, just so she could boost her own ego and make her feel good about herself. [[JerkassHasAPoint Bart calls her out on this when she catches him burning the book she got him, because she knew he wouldn't like it]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: Bart tells Lisa she should have gotten the family presents they themselves would have liked/wanted, rather than things Lisa got for them so she could feel good about herself. Lisa concedes Bart's point.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Bart tells Lisa she should have gotten the family presents they themselves would have liked/wanted, rather than things Lisa got for them so she could feel good about herself. Lisa concedes Bart's point.
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* ChaosArchitecture: Lampshaded. Marge notes that the house’s rec room seems to appear and disappear.
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* GoodLuckGesture: Bart crosses his fingers on one hand and chants that he wants plastic vomic as he is opening his present from Lisa. She got him a book.
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* GoodLuckGesture: Bart crosses his fingers on one hand and chants that he wants plastic vomic vomit as he is opening his present from Lisa. She got him a book.
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* SelfDeprecation: According to Comic Book Guy, ''Creator/BongoComics'' are only good for swatting annoying kids.
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* CoordinatedClothes: One couple that stays at the Simpsons wear red-and-green checkered vests.
* GoodLuckGesture: Bart crosses his fingers on one hand and chants that he wants plastic vomic as he is opening his present from Lisa. She got him a book.
* GoodLuckGesture: Bart crosses his fingers on one hand and chants that he wants plastic vomic as he is opening his present from Lisa. She got him a book.
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* OverlyLongName: Mayor Quimby keeps getting re-elected because the voters have a hard time remembering his adversary's long name.
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* OverlyLongName: Mayor Quimby keeps getting re-elected because the voters have a hard time remembering his adversary's long name.name.
* ShoutOut: The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon episode shown in this Simpsons episode is titled [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife "It's a Wonderful Knife"]] and features Scratchy as Geroge Bailey after regaining the will to live.
* ShoutOut: The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon episode shown in this Simpsons episode is titled [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife "It's a Wonderful Knife"]] and features Scratchy as Geroge Bailey after regaining the will to live.
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!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS25E8WhiteChristmasBlues here]]):
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* OverlyLongName: Mayor Quimby keeps getting re-elected because the voters have a hard time remembering his adversary's long name.
* OverlyLongName: Mayor Quimby keeps getting re-elected because the voters have a hard time remembering his adversary's long name.
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In this episode, the last one written by Don Payne before his death from bone cancer in March of 2013, Springfield becomes a winter wonderland after a freak accident involving the nuclear plant and The Springfield Tire Fire, and out-of-towners flock to whatever state Springfield is in to experience a white Christmas, but the sudden tourism causes prices to skyrocket and drives Marge to turn the Simpson house into a bed-and-breakfast.
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!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS25E8WhiteChristmasBlues here]]):
!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS25E8WhiteChristmasBlues here]]):
