National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Christmas, Comedy
Warner Bros.  (1989) 97 mins PG-13

7.3 (24,838 votes)
"I laughed myself silly. Christmas Vacation jingled my bells." -Pia Lindstrom, WNBC-TV/New York

This holiday season Clark Griswold vows his clan will enjoy "the most fun-filled old-fashioned family Christmas ever." Before you can sing "Fa-la-la-la-lah," he decks the halls with howls of folly in the perennial favorite National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Seeing is believing. There are 25,000 lights on the roof. An exploding turkey on the dining room table. A SWAT team taking siege outside. A festive supporting cast and a John Hughes script full of wit, heart and sheer goofiness. Yule love it!...

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Cast and Crew
Chevy Chase  ......  Clark Griswold
Juliette Lewis  ......  Audrey Griswold
Julia Louis-Dreyfus  ...... 
Beverly D'Angelo  ......  Ellen Griswold
Doris Roberts  ......  Frances Smith
Randy Quaid  ......  Cousin Eddie Johnson
Director  .....  Jeremiah S Chechik; Jeremiah S. Chechik
Producer  .....  John Hughes; Tom Jacobson; William S. Beasley; Mauri Syd Gayton
Writer  .....  John Hughes
Notes
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: A tow rope is visible pulling Clark's sled. (more)

Trivia:
The movie is based on John Hughes' short story "Christmas '59", the second Vacation story to be published in National Lampoon's Magazine (the first was "Vacation '58", which was the basis for the first Vacation movie). The Christmas story was printed in December 1980. (more)

Filming Locations:
Breckenridge, Colorado, USA (more)

Quotes:
Audrey: Would it be indecent to ask the grandparents to stay at a hotel? (more)