The Simpsons - All 15 Christmas Episodes Ranked

15. The Burns And The Bees

As a Christmas episode, season 20's The Burns and the Bees barely counts (much like Dude, Where's My Ranch, actually included in the show's second Christmas themed DVD set). In fact, the good old Mr. Plow episode has more ties to Christmas than The Burns and the Bees seems to.

Still, somehow, this Burns-centric outing about the billionaire winning the "Austin Celtrics" basketball team in a poker game and moving them to Springfield makes the cut. Mostly because the opening of the episode has a Christmas theme. After that, there's nary a reference.

Instead, we get a subplot about Lisa trying to save bees (the plight of which is an important issue), and it turns out that the arena Burns burns has built for his new team resembles a hive, and a swarm released by Homer takes up residence there.

Merry Christmas? With so few links to the holidays (it's not even set in Winter!), there's a reason this episode comes in last.