# National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576 "2009-12-25T19:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/21 "2009-12-28T03:48:48Z")
Got my daughter in the clinic gettin’ cured off the Wild Turkey. And my son bless his soul is preparing for his career. College? carnival. you must be proud. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/22 "2009-12-28T03:53:50Z")
Last year he was the pixie dust spreader on the tilt a whirl. This year he hope to be guessin’ peoples weight or barkin’ for the Yak lady. You ever seen her Clark? Got these two great big horns on the side of her head. Ugly as sin. But a sweet gal. And a hell of a cook. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/23 "2009-12-28T04:16:34Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > I just scratch my head when I see Clark attaching the Christmas lights to his house with a staple gun, how the hell is he going to remove them after the holiday season? I wondered about that also. When I was kid, my family never did any big decorations - just put up some lights in the shrubs and around the gutters - and I always wondered if people with really elaborate displays like in the movie actually did staple the lights to the siding and shingles. Another thing I always wondered about is why Clark couldn’t just escape from the attic through the hole he made when he fell through the ceiling. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/24 "2009-12-28T05:32:29Z")
Hah! My whole family was having that same discussion on Christmas Eve. I notice that there’s a scale issue with Rusty’s room too. In one scene there’s about 3 feet between the top bunk and the ceiling, and when Clark falls through, it’s more like 1 foot. The real great debate though is why on earth would Rusty (or ANYONE) have a Latoya Jackson poster on their ceiling? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/25 "2009-12-28T13:40:42Z")
It’s also kind of funny watching it now and seeing how big a deal it was that Mr. Shirley didn’t give out Christmas bonuses - as if it was something that was beneath even the stingiest of corporate bean counters. In the nearly 10 years since I graduated from college I think I’ve only receieved a Christmas bonus once. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/26 "2009-12-28T14:44:31Z")
The sledding scene is always a favorite at our house, if only because shortly after we installed a playset in our yard I used waxed paper on the slide with unfortunate results. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/27 "2009-12-28T21:42:57Z")
Watching this movie on Christmas Eve has been a family tradition for quite some time. Cousin Eddie reminds us of a particular family member, so that makes it even funnier. My Christmas bonus this year (and the year before) was a $50 Visa debit card. During my first year of employment, my bonus was a $50 gift card to Honeybaked Ham. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/28 "2009-12-28T22:13:28Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Isn’t that Juliette Lewis as Clark’s daughter? I keep watching, hoping she’ll lean out of Eddie’s motor home with her Adele bathrobe slightly askew. ---
**Author:** ![4everkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/76d3ee/32.png) [@4everkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4everkid)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/29 "2009-12-29T03:07:56Z")
I just learned this fun bit of trivia this year. (Maybe I am the last to know.) Randy Quaid, unbeknownst to his castmates, decided to slip a rather large sausage down his pants for the grocery shopping scene. As he is loading dog food into his cart, he reaches down and adjusts the sausage, just as it was trying to weasel down the leg of his skin-tight leisure suit. The scene was already priceless… now even better! I learned this just minutes before the scene came up. Apparently there is another scene in which Beverly & Chevy spot the sausage, and a look of shock comes across their faces. I read that he wears it for the kidnapping/swat team scene, which may be the same one where BD and CC notice it. So next time you watch Christmas Vacation, you can play “find the sausage!” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/30 "2009-12-29T03:21:49Z")
While my old ladies would probably get a kick out of it, I showed it at church and probably shouldn’t play such reindeer games. But Myrna would probably get a hoot. I love old ladies, but in a platonic manner. It’s my family curse. When we were 18 did women who were 17 and older love us? Not until they hit 65, but I could cut a swathe through a rest home, even today. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/31 "2009-12-31T02:59:34Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > The real great debate though is why on earth would Rusty (or ANYONE) have a Latoya Jackson poster on their ceiling? And why would Rusty have a bunk bed in the first place? He has his own room and no brother… ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/32 "2009-12-31T03:33:33Z")
“…a one year membership in the Jelly of the Month Club.” “Clark, that’s the gift that keeps on giving the WHOLE year.” “That it is, Edward. That it is indeed.” I used to use that last line whenever my roommate made a comment or observation. Example: “Nickelback is the worst band ever.” “That they are, Edward. That they are indeed.” ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576/33 "2009-12-31T04:34:19Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > And why would Rusty have a bunk bed in the first place? He has his own room and no brother… I was an only child, and I always wanted a bunk bed. (Of course, the model I wanted had a little desk and set of drawers built in underneath.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-marathon/522576.md?page=1)