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'''''The Christmas That Almost Wasn't But Then Was''''' is an archaic movie produced by Consolidated Pictures in 1938, revolving around a "grinchy little character" who tries to steal Christmas. Its running time is over two hours.
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'''Mr. Sparkle''' is a Japanese brand of dish washing and laundry detergent. It is a joint venture between [[Matsumura Fishworks]] and [[Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern]].
  
Christmas Eve, to which an elf announces he is happy. Then, Santa's workshop is attacked by the Christmas Hobgoblins. Later, a smitten hobgoblin and a shepherdess [[The Christmas That Almost Wasn't Then Was|sing of their love for each other]].
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While at the [[Springfield City Dump]], [[Bart]] found a box of Mr. Sparkle detergent. He called over [[Homer]] and [[Lisa]] to look at the box, and they were all shocked that it had a picture of Homer on the front. Homer took the box to [[Akira]] at [[The Happy Sumo]], who told Homer that it was Mr. Sparkle, and was surprised to find that the mascot looked like Homer. Homer later called the [[Mr. Sparkle Factory]] in [[Japan]] to ask why they were using his likeness on the box. He later received a videotape for American investors with a commercial for Mr. Sparkle included. The end of the commercial revealed the truth behind Mr. Sparkle: it was a merger of the companies [[Matsumura Fishworks]], which had a fish logo, and [[Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern]], which had a lightbulb logo. The two logos together made Mr. Sparkle, meaning the resemblance to Homer was a coincidence...
The scene in which the hobgoblin and the shepherdess profess their love for each other during singing lasts two hours, which is abruptly interrupted by a stage hand wandering on screen and disappearing again. The movie [presumably] ends with Santa doing a "big sing-off".
 
  
Owing to a massive snowstorm, only a handful of students turned up at [[Springfield Elementary School]] on the last day of term before [[Christmas]]. The teachers called an "emergency caucus", so [[Principal Skinner]] announced that the attending students will be watching a movie, to the initial delight of the children, until they realize that it is a low-budget movie from the late 1930s. Despite being Skinner's favorite movie, the children were clearly unimpressed...
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Mr. Sparkle is a Japanese brand of dish washing and laundry detergent. It is a joint venture between Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern.

While at the Springfield City Dump, Bart found a box of Mr. Sparkle detergent. He called over Homer and Lisa to look at the box, and they were all shocked that it had a picture of Homer on the front. Homer took the box to Akira at The Happy Sumo, who told Homer that it was Mr. Sparkle, and was surprised to find that the mascot looked like Homer. Homer later called the Mr. Sparkle Factory in Japan to ask why they were using his likeness on the box. He later received a videotape for American investors with a commercial for Mr. Sparkle included. The end of the commercial revealed the truth behind Mr. Sparkle: it was a merger of the companies Matsumura Fishworks, which had a fish logo, and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern, which had a lightbulb logo. The two logos together made Mr. Sparkle, meaning the resemblance to Homer was a coincidence...

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