Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire/References - Revision history

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2025-08-24T20:30:57Z

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69.255.225.138: I moved the pictures for the animation errors to the goofs section. Not to mention the copyright of 1990 was a goof, since it aired 1989, although since Some Enchanted Evening was delayed due to its animation, this episode could've probably aired in 1990.

2022-11-13T23:04:50Z

I moved the pictures for the animation errors to the goofs section. Not to mention the copyright of 1990 was a goof, since it aired 1989, although since Some Enchanted Evening was delayed due to its animation, this episode could've probably aired in 1990.

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2022-01-16T13:19:16Z

‎Gallery

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‎Trivia

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 === Counting scenes ===
 *There are 28 children in [[Bart]]'s [[Fourth Grade|4th Grade]] class on stage during the Christmas concert, including Bart himself.
-[[File:Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire - SES's Fourth Grade.png|thumb|400px|Bart's class in the episode.]]
+**[[Milhouse]], [[Sherri]], [[Terri]], and [[Lewis]] are the only named other members of the class that are identifiable.
 *Lisa requests a pony six times on her Christmas wish list.
 *Maggie fell 5 times:

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 *There is no [[Japan]]ese word for "Merry Christmas." It is said as an English word with Japanese pronunciation: "Merii Kurisumasu". It is written メリークリスマス.
 == Trivia ==
 *This is the only full-length episode to air in 1989, and in the 1980s in general.
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 *[[Matt Groening]] said that he was inspired to do the "Christmas of Many Lands" sketch by an oral report he gave when he was in the second grade. Groening, whose grandmother is from Russia, gave a report on how Russian children are greeted by "Grandfather Winter" and given gifts from him, and how due to differences in the Julian and Gregorian calenders the Russians celebrate their Christmas in January.
 [[File:Man who looks like Lou.png|thumb|The man that looks like Lou, talking to his son.]]
 *This episode was re-aired April 22, 2012, as part of Fox's 25th anniversary, 17 years and just over 4 months since the episode's last airing. After one page of the ending credits in that repeat, [[:File:FOX's 25th Anniversary Special Simpson First Episode.png|this]] appeared.
 *During the original broadcast, "The Simpsons Christmas Special" bumpers were seen at the end of ad-breaks, before the next part of the episode aired.
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 == Goofs ==
-*[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] have brown hair in this episode.
+[[File:Marge with phone goof.png|200px|thumb|The difference between these two frames are a few seconds. As you can see, the phone wire disappears as Marge puts her hand down.]]
 *The [[girl with a ponytail]] appears in this episode; however, she is seen in the [[Fourth Grade]] and not the [[Second Grade|second]].
 *[[Lewis Clark]] changes from black to yellow when [[Milhouse]] dares Bart to pull Santa's beard off. Also, his hair changes.
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 *When Lisa talks to [[Patty]], some of the lines that make the spikes in Lisa's hair disappear.
 *When Lisa is touching Bart's bandage of his tattoo, he says "Ow. Quit it". When he says, "Ow", his mouth moves for the "O" bit, but not the "w" bit.
+*This episode's credits have a [[1990]] copyright, despite airing in [[1989]].
-== Gallery ==
+**This may be a typo.
-<gallery>
+**A more likely explanation is because this episode was originally intended to air half way through season 1, meaning it would have aired in 1990.
 {{Season 1|R}}

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 File:Marge with phone goof.png|The difference between these two frames are a few seconds. As you can see, the phone wire disappears as Marge puts her hand down.
 File:Lewis' coloring error.png|Lewis' coloring error.
 File:Upside-down scene.png|The upside-down scene.
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 [[File:1990 copyright.png|200px|thumb|The 1990 copyright.]]
 == Trivia ==
 *Marge leaves her car door open when she gets to school for the performance.
 *This is the first episode that does not start with any kind of show opening. The title is shown and then the episode begins.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode features a similar storyline to the "Christmas Day at the Bunkers" episode of ''[[All in the Family]]''.
-*The title is a reference to the line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" from "{{w|The Christmas Song}}".
+*The title is a reference to the line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" from "{{W|The Christmas Song}}".
-*Bart refers to ''{{w|A Charlie Brown Christmas}}''
+*Bart refers to ''{{W|A Charlie Brown Christmas}}''
-*Bart refers to ''{{w|The Smurfs|The Smurfs Christmas Special}}''
+*Bart refers to ''{{W|The Smurfs|The Smurfs Christmas Special}}''
 *Skinner mentions the book ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' and Bart refers to {{W2|Tiny Tim|A Christmas Carol}}.
 *Bart sings "[[Jingle Bells]]" with alternative "Batman Smells" lyrics.
 *Bart makes a disrespectful remark to a mall Santa, like in ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]''.
-*The race-dog Dog o' War is a reference to racehorse {{w|Man o' War}}.
+*The race-dog Dog o' War is a reference to racehorse {{W|Man o' War}}.
 *The family sing [[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]] at the end.
 *Bart is strapped to a table with a laser moving towards him, in a reference to ''{{W2|Goldfinger|film}}''.
-*Part of the plot is similar to ''{{w|The Gift of the Magi}}'': Homer doesn't get his Christmas bonus and says to himself "Oh well, thank goodness for the big jar" and Marge used her money to remove Bart's tattoo and says to herself "Oh well, thank goodness for Homer's Christmas bonus", similar to how in this short story by O'Henry, a man sells his watch to buy his wife an expensive set of combs and his wife has her hair cut, selling the remainder to a wigmaker, in order to buy a gold chain for her husband's watch.
+*Part of the plot is similar to ''{{W|The Gift of the Magi}}'': Homer doesn't get his Christmas bonus and says to himself "Oh well, thank goodness for the big jar" and Marge used her money to remove Bart's tattoo and says to herself "Oh well, thank goodness for Homer's Christmas bonus", similar to how in this short story by O'Henry, a man sells his watch to buy his wife an expensive set of combs and his wife has her hair cut, selling the remainder to a wigmaker, in order to buy a gold chain for her husband's watch.
 *[[Germany|German]] for "Merry Christmas" is "Fröhliche Weihnachten" or "Frohe Weihnachten".
 *There is no [[Japan]]ese word for "Merry Christmas." It is said as an English word with Japanese pronunciation: "Merii Kurisumasu". It is written メリークリスマス.

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