Comments on: 8 Reasons to Love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

By: barthma1

barthma1 — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:54:51 +0000

Clark: “we needed a coffin..huh huh, I mean a tree”

By: barthma1

barthma1 — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:52:55 +0000

“I can’t swim Clark!” Eddie
“I know that Eddie!” Clark

“my cousin, who’s heart is bigger than his brain..” Clark ” I appreciate that Clark!” Eddie

“if only I could get that money back from the preacher who was skrewin the hockey players” Eddie “what about the kids” Clark “his kids can fend for themselves” Eddie

By: port

port — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:12:06 +0000

My favorite scene is when the grandparents arrive. It’s so shockingly real to life that it’s not even satire. But you laugh because we’ve all experienced some variation of it.

RIP John Hughes. That man was a modern day Norman Rockwell, painting pictures of the American family that while satirical were also so true to life.

By: ozvi

ozvi — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:10:26 +0000

MARGO: Even though their trite and messy, aren’t you a little bit sorry we didn’t get a Christmas tree this year?

TODD: Yeah, but where are you going to get a tree at this time on Christmas Eve?

Just then a huge fir tree comes crashing through the window. Cracks me up every time!!!

By: David

David — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:32:43 +0000

“That ain’t the friggin’ Christmas Star!

By: chris

chris — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:10:21 +0000

The best Christmas movie ever. My mom puts the movie on the mantel above the stockings and in front of family pictures in a place of honor each year. I know its been said a half dozen times before but the entire sequence is what makes it:

Ellen: What are you looking at?
Clark: Oh, the silent majesty of a winter’s morn… the clean, cool chill of the holiday air… an asshole in his bathrobe, emptying a chemical toilet into my sewer…
Eddie: Shi**er was full.
Clark: Ah, yeah. You checked our shi**ers, honey?
Ellen: Clark, please. He doesn’t know any better.
Clark: He oughta know it’s illegal. That’s a storm sewer. If it fills with gas, I pity the person who lights a match within ten yards of it.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:59:47 +0000

Absolute classic.

My favorite lines (besides the ones already posted):

Clark: ‘Tis the season to be merry.
Mary: That’s my name.
Clark: No shit.

Ellen: Oh Aunt Bethany, you shouldn’t have done that.
Aunt Bethany: Oh dear, did I break wind?
Uncle Lewis: Jesus, did the room clear out, Bethany? Hell no, she means presents. You shouldn’t have brought presents.

Clark: Hey, Kids, I heard on the news that an airline pilot spotted Santa’s sleigh on it’s way in from New York City.
Eddie: [after a pause] You serious, Clark?

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:42:32 +0000

When Clark is talking to Mr.Shirley and his assistants as they walk by.

“Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, kiss my ass. Kiss his ass. Kiss your ass. Happy Hanukkah.”

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:59:09 +0000

As an correction to my previous post: I meant to say “the little lights are NOT twinkling”

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:57:36 +0000

One of my faves, watch it at least 2 times every year. I can’t believe nobody picked up on what the father-in-law says as they are looking at the house with the lights finally working and he points out “the little lights are twinkling”. It cracks my husband up. He says it’s like my family, always finding fault with everything. He has a point! Also, my teenage son can repeat verbatium the breakdown that Clark has when he’s mad at his boss and the jelly of the month gift.