Grampa, Homer, and Bart grift the residents at the Springfield Retirement Castle. His parents were George W. Van de Grift, and Henrietta. Arnade called his work on Wall Street "intellectual grift". It is known under the name "Grift". Van was wearing his Van de Grift agricultural hat here, as explained below. While performing the grift, they are arrested by an FBI agent. Since airing, "Grift of the Magi" has received generally mixed to negative reception from critics. There is at least one stuffed winged cat, but this may be a nineteenth-century grift. There are growing industrial zones (De Meele, De Evenboer, De Rollecate, De Grift). Billy B Van was born William Webster Van de Grift in 1870, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.