After Bender's addiction to electricity puts himself and the rest of the Planet Express crew in danger, he finds religion and decides to change his ways.
The Planet Express crew goes on a space cruise for vacation; Leela learns that Zapp Brannigan is helming the flight and tells him that she and Fry are engaged.
Hank and his buddies commiserate over their championship loss in high school and ask for a rematch; when Hank gets a new nose, he is afraid to play football.
When Bob inherits a storage unit, the family imagines the treasures that could be inside, but instead find a man who says he was once a mannequin living there.
After spending Christmas Eve outrunning a candy cane truck with their last-minute tree, the Belchers find that Bob's friend gets caught in the kids' Santa trap.
Bob and "Big Bob" dig up an old argument and compete against each other in the kitchen after a Christmas Party, and the kids have a competition of their own.
The Belchers start to get ready for Christmas when Bob is asked to bring food to a party at Mr. Fischoeder's home, and Bob arrives to find a competition.
Linda hopes to spread cheer around the neighborhood by having a party at the restaurant, but she starts interrogating the guests when the ornaments are stolen.
Marge tries to get the family in the holiday spirit; Mr. Burns and Moe's new friend delay the Simpsons as they try to sneak away to Hawaii for the holidays.
The Simpsons flash forward 30 years and find themselves in a tech-savvy, futuristic Springfield; Bart and Lisa spend the holidays with Homer and Marge.
When the nuclear power plant has a radiation leak that causes snow all over town, tourists greatly overwhelm Springfield causing Marge to open up to boarders.
Krusty wants to impress his daughter while they spend Christmas with the Simpsons; Reverend Lovejoy brings converts to the church after attendance drops.
When the town organizes a search party to look for Bart when he suddenly disappears, Sideshow Bob tries manipulating Millhouse into revealing Bart's location.
Sideshow Bob secures a contract to work as a mall Santa; an unknown thief is running around the city stealing Christmas packages from people's porches.
While Peter attempts to push the holiday spirit onto Lois's dad, who despises the day, Stewie is faced with what it means to confess during the Christmas-time.
Peter runs into Jesus at the Quahog Mall, and he is shocked to learn that Jesus is still a virgin after 2,000 years, so Peter plans a birthday surprise.
Peter is asked to step in and play the mall Santa for the time being, until he realizes that Santa can get away with anything and gets drunk with power.
In a reimagining the classic story "A Christmas Tale," Peter is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future when he loses his Christmas spirit.
Lois decides to walk out on the family when they don't help her with the Christmas shopping, which leaves the rest of the family to save the holiday themselves.
In an attempt to surprise the Griffin family, Meg successfully manages to get into the U.S. Olympic team as a biathlete and prepares for the Winter Games.
The Hills are happy to show an elderly woman around their house until she announces that it is her former childhood home and that she wishes to die there.
Hank and Bobby hit the road in an 18-wheeler, oblivious of the fact Boomhauer, Dale and Bill are stowaways; Peggy and Luane try to write a Christmas Carol.
Hank's friends and family fear he is losing his mind when his obsession with Y2K begins to take an effect on his behavior towards technology and people.