“Let’s just agree that the commercialization of Christmas is at best a mixed blessing.” – Lisa Simpson “Amen.” – Gary Coleman Annual or near annual Christmas episodes were never a hallmark of The Simpsons. The premier episode was a Christmas special, but that was the last time the show did a Christmas episode until Season 7’s “Marge Be Not Proud”. That five season gap has never been repeated. The show went back to the tinsel well in Seasons 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26, and now again in Season 28. (And I might have missed one…
An ongoing ramble by Charlie Sweatpants . .