Its not jingle bells ringing nearby.
And just as important as the absurd gags or plot points are,pop culturereferences are too.
What Is “Christmas in the Car” About?
Tossed into the trash, Linda decides another tree is needed right after Thanksgiving.
Unfortunately, this means it dies by the time Christmas Eve rolls in.
The road trip will not go as planned, that is for sure.
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None of these can beat the strange melancholy found in the shows first Christmas episode back in Season 3.
There is a lack of help, thanks to the setting.
The tree stand Linda begs to journey to is an hour away.
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Hawk and Chick have NOTHING on Bob and Louise.
BeforeJawsmade everyone fear going into the water, Spielberg turned a tanker truck into a seemingly unstoppable killing machine.
Billowing, black smoke coming from the exhaust pipes isnt helping.
He passes it, only for the truck to speed up and pass him.
When the trucker waves him on, David sees it as a much-needed gesture of goodwill.
He goes to pass, nearly crashing into an oncoming vehicle.
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David does manage to speed ahead.
The problem is, he cant lose it.
The truck finds him.
Bob Belcher runs a struggling burger shop with his wife and three children.
David is a husband with a strained relationship with an off-screen wife.
David grows paranoid when he thinks the trucker could be one of the customers in the same diner.
David didnt find any help at his diner, and neither did Bob.
At another point inDuel, David gets stuck helping a school bus.
The youths inside are bratty, with too much energy.
The camera goes in with close-ups to rack up the tension.
The candy cane truck hits on the brakes and presses on the horn.
Linda chooses retaliation by hitting the familys car horn back, angrily beeping out a rendition of Jingle Bells.
Check out the shows opening credits.
At the tree stands, Linda can only pick from slim options: three sticks with pine needles.
Hey, if it worked forCharlie Brown, it could work for the Belchers.
The candy cane truck replaces it as the main holiday image for the episode.
Its the funny moments that help thaw the icy tension.
Linda is at the ready.
Come on, punk!
The driver is ticked off byroad rageafter spending a lonely Christmas Eve on the highway.
Bob de-escalates the situation.
He just has to take a punch to the gut to do so.
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