“Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?”

Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold

This weeks movie choice, (drum roll please) is non-other then:

National Lampoon’s

Christmas Vacation

Starring the hilarious Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, the “last true family man”. This movie follows Clark and his family on their quest for a “Griswold Faaaamily Christmas”.

Sadly, despite Clark’s greatest efforts there is one problem after the next.

• Their tree is to big.
• Their family argues.
• Clark gets locked up in the attic which then leads to him falling through the ceiling and later being dropped out of the attic door dressed as a woman.
• Twenty-five thousand imported Italian twinkle lights aren’t twinkling.
• Cousin Eddie surprises the family with a week long visit, parking his rusting home in the driveway.
• Cousin Eddie subsequently empties his septic tank into the sewers.

“Merry Christmas! Shitters full!”

• Aunt Bethany wraps her cat as a gift that later becomes a fried kitty, ruining in the process.
• The turkey is dry.
• The dog throw up after emptying the garbage cans all over the kitchen floor.
• Uncle Lewis lights the tree on fire.
• Clark’s new tree (from his front yard) has a squirrel that ends up chasing them around the house.
• Clark recieve’s a membership to the “Jam of the month club” rather than his typical raise.

“It’s the gift that just keeps giving Clark.”

• Eddie kidnaps his boss.
• The cops raid the Griswold Family Christmas, smashing through every window in the house.

But through it all, Christmas is saved when Clark’s boss decides to give him his 20% more of his bonus of the year before. The movie ends with the family on the front lawn watching a plastic Santa soar across the sky while singing the Star Spangled Banner.

This movie is hilarious and one of my favorite Christmas movies. It’s a great movie to get into the holiday spirit.