Homer, Marge, and the kids celebrate Christmas in typically cranky fashion in this collection of four holiday-themed episodes of the long-running animated comedy series The Simpsons, which has been given a sterling release on DVD. The material on The Simpsons Christmas 2 has been transferred to disc in the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1; the images are colorful and pin-sharp, and are brought to disc with a robust bit-rate. The original English-language soundtrack is accompanied by alternate dubbed versions in Spanish and French, with all tracks mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo; optional subtitles in English and Spanish also appear. As a bonus, an "animatic" (a sort of animated rough draft) of the first act of "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" appears, which includes some gags that didn't make it into the final episode, as well as a feature that allows viewers to move back and forth between the episode's storyboards, the animatic, and the final product. Like 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's previous Simpsons DVDs, this is a great-looking (and sounding) release that is sure to please the show's core of fans.