Episode
The Simpsons: I Won't Be Home for Christmas
Overview
After Moe convinces Homer to stay out drinking on Christmas Eve, Marge tells Homer not to come home. This leads to Homer's sad trek through lonely Springfield, where he learns that the only place where one should truly get drunk on Christmas is home.
Details
- Series
- The Simpsons
- Season
- Season 26
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2014-12-07
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
I Won't Be Home for Christmas is Episode 9 in Season 26 of The Simpsons. It aired on 2014-12-07. The runtime is 22 min.
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Homer has a mid-life crisis, takes up bass guitar and forms a cover band with some of the other dads in town. But the band's modest early success is soon overwhelmed by the breakout potential of their most unlikely star, Apu.
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