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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|After finding a [[Christmas]] decoration with "[[Todd]]'s first Christmas" written on it, [[Marge]] tells the story of how, one Christmas, [[Homer]] got drunk, hid in a secret room in the house, and ended up helping deliver [[Maude]]'s baby, [[Todd]].}}
+{{Synopsis|After finding a [[Christmas]] decoration with "[[Todd]]'s first Christmas" written on it, [[Marge]] tells the story of how, one Christmas, [[Homer]] got drunk, hid in a secret room in the house, and ended up helping deliver [[Maude]]'s baby, [[Todd]].}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"Manger Things"''' is the sixteenth episode of [[season 32]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the seven hundredth episode overall. It originally aired on March 21, [[2021]]. The episode was written by [[Rob LaZebnik]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]].
+'''"Manger Things"''' is the sixteenth episode of [[Season 32|broadcast season 32]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the seven hundredth episode overall. It originally aired on March 21, [[2021]]. The episode was written by [[Rob LaZebnik]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]].
 == Synopsis ==

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 [[Maude]] is unhappy about hosting him, and later that night, Homer eats their Christmas ham—uncooked and still in the plastic—causing hallucinations of [[Hell]] inspired by ''{{W|The Garden of Earthly Delights}}'', while Marge and [[Abe]] discuss his behavior.
-At home, Bart and Lisa watch an ''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]'' [[List of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons#.22Manger Things.22|episode]] when Marge informs them that Homer won’t be coming back for a while. Bart thinks he's returned, but it's just a Homer snowman, which is destroyed by the wind and pecked apart by crows, frightening both kids.
+At home, Bart and Lisa watch an ''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]'' [[List of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons#.22Manger Things.22|episode]] when Marge informs them that Homer won't be coming back for a while. Bart thinks he's returned, but it's just a Homer snowman, which is destroyed by the wind and pecked apart by crows, frightening both kids.
-At the [[Springfield Mall]], the family shops for Christmas presents. Bart tries to buy baseball gloves for Homer, but Marge reiterates that Homer won't be back by Christmas. The [[Yes Guy]] tells Bart that if she doesn’t buy them, she doesn’t love him, prompting Marge to fire back that he doesn’t have a happy home life.
+At the [[Springfield Mall]], the family shops for Christmas presents. Bart tries to buy baseball gloves for Homer, but Marge reiterates that Homer won't be back by Christmas. The [[Yes Guy]] tells Bart that if she doesn't buy them, she doesn't love him, prompting Marge to fire back that he doesn't have a happy home life.
 At the [[744 Evergreen Terrace|Flanders house]], Homer ruins grace and teaches [[Rod]] a bad word, prompting Maude to kick him out. He goes to [[Moe's Tavern]], and Moe walks with him until they arrive back at the Simpson home.
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 Moe shows Homer a secret room above the garage, previously rented to an [[Ireland|Irish]] family, as the only way he can stay at home. On Christmas Eve, Homer decorates the room, while Bart and Lisa decide to give up all their toys for Christmas if Homer can return.
-Marge agrees, but says Homer must do one thing to make all she’s put up with feel worthwhile. Homer hears this and considers baking cookies, but instead burns the kitchen. Desperate, he wishes for a miracle—and Maude provides one when her water breaks. Rod tells him that Ned is out delivering Christmas turkeys to the poor, so Homer volunteers to deliver the baby himself, unaware that Marge is watching from the doorway.
+Marge agrees, but says Homer must do one thing to make all she's put up with feel worthwhile. Homer hears this and considers baking cookies, but instead burns the kitchen. Desperate, he wishes for a miracle—and Maude provides one when her water breaks. Rod tells him that Ned is out delivering Christmas turkeys to the poor, so Homer volunteers to deliver the baby himself, unaware that Marge is watching from the doorway.
-She approaches and kisses him, fixing Christmas. Ned returns and reveals that Todd’s middle name is Homer, and that Maggie’s is Lenny, for the same reason.
+She approaches and kisses him, fixing Christmas. Ned returns and reveals that Todd's middle name is Homer, and that Maggie's is Lenny, for the same reason.
 In the end, in the treehouse, Bart scares Rod and Todd with [[Grampa]]'s dentures, which Grampa is searching for before heading out on a date. Meanwhile, Marge and Homer sneak into the secret room to kiss but find Moe already there. Christmas postcards show the Springfield families celebrating and exchanging gifts.

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 |snumber=16
 |number= 700
-|prodcode= QABF09
+|prodcode= [[Production season QABF|QABF09]]
 |airdate= March 21, [[2021]]
 |titlescreen= The logo appears from the clouds, while "700th Episode!" appears superimposed
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|Learn a secret of [[Flanders family|Flanders']] past and discover a never-before-seen room.}}
+{{Desc|After finding a [[Christmas]] decoration with "[[Todd]]'s first Christmas" written on it, [[Marge]] tells the story of how, one Christmas, [[Homer]] got drunk, hid in a secret room in the house, and ended up helping deliver [[Maude]]'s baby, [[Todd]].}}
 == Plot ==
-It's [[Christmas]] in Springfield, and the [[Simpson family]] are decorating the tree. [[Maggie]] tries to eat a Christmas bauble but [[Bart]] stops her and she gives it to the [[Snowball II|cat]], and he notices a decoration saying "[[Todd]]'s first Christmas". That starts a story narrated by Marge set 6 years in the past.
+It's [[Christmas]] in Springfield, and the [[Simpson family]] are decorating the tree. [[Maggie]] tries to eat a Christmas bauble, but [[Bart]] stops her and she gives it to the [[Snowball II|cat]]. He then notices a decoration that says "[[Todd]]'s first Christmas," which prompts a story narrated by [[Marge]], set six years in the past.
-[[Homer]] and [[Marge]] are going to an office meeting at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] and Homer promises Marge not to drink, but [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] mixes some in his soda, making him mock [[Mr. Burns]] when carolers start singing, so he releases the [[The Hounds|Hounds]] and make his ice statue slide all the way to the [[Springfield Elementary School|elementary school]] just to be smashed by [[Groundskeeper Willie]].
+[[Homer]] and Marge are heading to an office party at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], and Homer promises not to drink. However, [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] spike his soda, leading him to drunkenly mock [[Mr. Burns]] when carolers start singing. Burns releases [[the hounds]], and his ice statue slides through town until it crashes at [[Springfield Elementary School]], where it is destroyed by [[Groundskeeper Willie]].
-Marge invites Homer to leave the party but he asks her to wait till he filled his pants with shrimps, mayonnaise and ketchup. She grabs him and they leave on a [[Uber]] driven by [[Raphael]]. After arriving home, Marge refuses to let Homer in, and he walks around town with nowhere to go so he asks [[Ned Flanders]] to host him.
+Marge tells Homer it's time to leave, but he insists on filling his pants with shrimp, mayonnaise, and ketchup first. She drags him out, and they take an [[Uber]] driven by [[Raphael]]. When they arrive home, Marge refuses to let Homer in, so he wanders around town and eventually asks [[Ned Flanders]] for a place to stay.
-[[Maude]] is not that happy and when the night comes, Homer eats the Christmas ham, uncooked and still in the plastic and has hallucinations of [[Hell]] from a {{W|The Garden of Earthly Delights|painting}}, while [[Marge]] and [[Abe]] discuss him.
+[[Maude]] is unhappy about hosting him, and later that night, Homer eats their Christmas ham—uncooked and still in the plastic—causing hallucinations of [[Hell]] inspired by ''{{W|The Garden of Earthly Delights}}'', while Marge and [[Abe]] discuss his behavior.
-At home, Bart and Lisa are watching a [[The Itchy and Scratchy Show!]] [[List of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons#.22Manger Things.22|episode]] and Marge informs them he's not coming back for a while. Bart screams that he's back, but all he's seeing is a Homer snowman, which the wind destroys with crows pecking at it, scaring both kids.
+At home, Bart and Lisa watch an ''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]'' [[List of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons#.22Manger Things.22|episode]] when Marge informs them that Homer won’t be coming back for a while. Bart thinks he's returned, but it's just a Homer snowman, which is destroyed by the wind and pecked apart by crows, frightening both kids.
-At [[Springfield Mall]], they go buy Christmas presents, and when Bart tries to buy baseball gloves for Homer, Marge reiterates Homer is not coming before Christmas, while [[Yes Guy]] tells him if she doesn't buy them she doesn't love him, but Marge retorts to him how he doesn't have a happy home life.
+At the [[Springfield Mall]], the family shops for Christmas presents. Bart tries to buy baseball gloves for Homer, but Marge reiterates that Homer won't be back by Christmas. The [[Yes Guy]] tells Bart that if she doesn’t buy them, she doesn’t love him, prompting Marge to fire back that he doesn’t have a happy home life.
-At [[744 Evergreen Terrace|Flanders house]], after Homer ruined grace and teaches [[Rod]] a bad word, Maude tells him to get out, so he goes to [[Moe's]], which walks with him till they arrive home.
+At the [[744 Evergreen Terrace|Flanders house]], Homer ruins grace and teaches [[Rod]] a bad word, prompting Maude to kick him out. He goes to [[Moe's Tavern]], and Moe walks with him until they arrive back at the Simpson home.
-The only way for Homer to get in the home is through a secret room above the garage that Moe shows him, having rented it in the past to an [[Ireland|Irish]] family. On Christmas Eve, Homer decorates the room, while Bart and Lisa decided to give up all their toys for Christmas if Homer could come back.
+Moe shows Homer a secret room above the garage, previously rented to an [[Ireland|Irish]] family, as the only way he can stay at home. On Christmas Eve, Homer decorates the room, while Bart and Lisa decide to give up all their toys for Christmas if Homer can return.
-She agrees on the condition that he has to do one thing to show all she has put up with has a point. Homer, hearing that, things of making cookies as an option, but instead burns the kitchen. He thinks he needs a miracle, and Maude delivers him one, with her breaking the waters, so he thinks the one thing could be him delivering the baby.
+Marge agrees, but says Homer must do one thing to make all she’s put up with feel worthwhile. Homer hears this and considers baking cookies, but instead burns the kitchen. Desperate, he wishes for a miracle—and Maude provides one when her water breaks. Rod tells him that Ned is out delivering Christmas turkeys to the poor, so Homer volunteers to deliver the baby himself, unaware that Marge is watching from the doorway.
-Rod informs her that Ned is absent, delivering Christmas turkeys to the poor, so Homer proposes to do it, while unknown to him, Marge watches from the door. She approaches him and they kiss, fixing Christmas, while Ned comes back, revealing Todd's middle name to be Homer and Maggie's is Lenny for the same reason.
+She approaches and kisses him, fixing Christmas. Ned returns and reveals that Todd’s middle name is Homer, and that Maggie’s is Lenny, for the same reason.
-In the end, In the tree house, Bart scares Rod and Todd with [[Grampa]]'s dentures, while he was searching for them for a date he had that night, while Marge and Homer sneak to the secret room to kiss, but find Moe there, and Christmas postcards show the Springfield families' Christmases and gifts.
+In the end, in the treehouse, Bart scares Rod and Todd with [[Grampa]]'s dentures, which Grampa is searching for before heading out on a date. Meanwhile, Marge and Homer sneak into the secret room to kiss but find Moe already there. Christmas postcards show the Springfield families celebrating and exchanging gifts.
 == Production ==
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 == Production ==
-At one point, It was probably going to have production code QABF14, before it switched it code with "[[Mother and Child Reunion]]".<ref name="QABF0914switch">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1294014464140832769 Al Jean's Twitter - "Manger Things announcement, Senior Moment becomes Mother and Child Reunion, and the episodes switch production code"]</ref>
+At one point, It was probably going to have production code QABF14, before it switched it code with "[[Mother and Child Reunion]]".<ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref>
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 |couchgag= [[Homer's Family|Homer's Family couch gag]]
-|showrunner= [[Al Jean]]
+|showrunner1= Al Jean
 |writer= [[Rob LaZebnik]]
 |director=[[Steven Dean Moore]]

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