- Season
- 1
- Production Code
- 7G08
- Broadcast Index
- S01E01
- Episode Number
- 1
- Airdate
- 17 December 1989
- Writer
- Mimi Pond
- Director
- David Silverman
- Executive Producer
- James L. Brooks
Matt Groening
Sam Simon - Editor
- Gary M. Gadsdon
- Character Debuts:
- • Patty Bouvier
- • Selma Bouvier
- • Santa's Little Helper
- • Snowball II
- • Ned Flanders
- • Todd Flanders
- • Principal Seymour Skinner
- • Mr. Dewey Largo
- • Milhouse Van Houten
- • Ralph Wiggum
- • Mr. Charles Montgomery Burns
- • Moe Syzlak
- • Barney Gumble
Plot
After Bart's tattoo removal, the Simpsons have no money to buy Christmas presents, when Barney suggests to Homer of getting a job as a Santa down at the mall, and when the pay is only thirteen dollars, Homer and Bart go to the dog track and blow all their money on Number 8, and they go home with the losing dog, known as Santa's Little Helper.
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