The family is forced to spend all of their savings to get Bart's new tattoo removed, and with no money Christmas, Homer is forced to become a store Santa
Homer buys a snow plow and starts a business plowing driveways. It is a huge success, and inspired by this, Barney starts a rival company and quickly puts Homer out of business.
After skipping church one week, Homer decides that he is never going back. However, when a calamity occurs, it takes the combined efforts of a number of people from different faiths to save him.
Marge wins the role of Blanche DuBois in a community theatre musical version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Homer offers little support for his wife's acting pursuits, and Marge begins to see parallels between him and the play's boorish lead male character