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"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" is the first episode in the first season of The Simpsons.

Plot
While the Simpsons are Christmas shopping, Bart sneaks off and gets a tattoo. Marge soon discovers this and uses the family's Christmas savings to get it removed. Meanwhile, Homer gets a job at a department store as Santa Claus when realizing that he wonʼt be getting any salaries from Mr Burns.

Reception

 * In this episodeʼs original American broadcast, it finished 30th place in the weekly ratings for the week of December 11–17, 1989 with a Nielsen rating of 14.5 and was viewed in approximately 13.4 million homes. It was the second-highest-rated show on Fox up to that point.
 * It was nominated for 2 Emmy Awards in 1990: ”Outstanding Animated Program” & ”Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries Special”. But, this episode lost to ”Life on the Fast Lane”.
 * It holds a rating of 8.2/10 on IMDB.

Trivia

 * The episode title is a reference to the ”chestnuts roasting on an open fire” lyric from the Christmas Song.
 * Bart mentions a few Christmas specials: ”A Charlie Brown Christmas” & ”The Smurfs Christmas Special”.

Videos/External Links
dz57OnpQyDc 39t7TQ2mymA&t=146s The Simpsons Showʼs podcast of this episode