# Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728 "2011-12-10T13:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/41 "2011-12-15T18:24:39Z")
> [@Shawn1767](#): > > SQUIRREL! > Where’s Eddie? He usually eats these things! “Not any more Clark, too much cholesterol.” ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/42 "2011-12-15T19:48:28Z")
Squirrel! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/43 "2011-12-15T22:23:48Z")
I appreciate that, Clark. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/44 "2011-12-15T22:53:58Z")
She falls down a well, her eyes go cross. She gets kicked by a mule. They go back. I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/45 "2011-12-15T23:45:26Z")
He got a bit of the Mississippi leg-hound in him. Little advice though, if he does lay into ya, best you just let him finish. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/46 "2011-12-15T23:46:31Z")
Is Rusty still in the navy? ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/47 "2011-12-16T02:08:15Z")
Huh. Four Vacation movies, four different actors played Rusty. ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/48 "2011-12-17T03:00:22Z")
> [@Kylede](#): > > Eddie - “So at the VA, they removed the plate and replace it with plastic, SO I really dont think I should be riding down that hil with nothing between my brain and the great outdoors but a piece of government plastic” > > Clarke - “Do you really think it matters” Well, if it gets dented, my hair just ain’t going to look right. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/49 "2011-12-17T17:57:03Z")
A trumpet mournfully blaring the last chords to “Come All Ye Faithful” as the Griswold’s station wagon drives off with a giant tree, roots and all, tied to its roof. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/50 "2011-12-17T22:24:43Z")
Hey Griz if you’re not doing anything useful go into the kitchen and get my stogey. Uncle Louis and Aunt Bethany easily steal the show once they arrive. ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/51 "2011-12-18T01:01:36Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Hey Griz if you’re not doing anything useful go into the kitchen and get my stogey. > > Uncle Louis and Aunt Bethany easily steal the show once they arrive. Now Clark, this could be his last Christmas. (Clark) If he keeps this up, it will be his last Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/52 "2011-12-18T01:53:18Z")
Cousin Eddie: \*“After that long drive, we could use a little private time together. Honey, why don’t you run and get the kid’s things. And, don’t forget the rubber sheets and the gerbils!” \* ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/53 "2011-12-25T04:11:46Z")
Just watched it tonight. “Hey kids, look a deer.” Flips the bird as a couple of scary looking rednecks happen to pass by. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/54 "2011-12-27T03:24:06Z")
He worked really hard Grandpa. So do washing machines. ---
**Author:** ![Sundrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728/55 "2011-12-29T00:51:46Z")
Hans, bubbie, I’m your white knight. Sorry, wrong traditional Christmas movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-walking-out-on-this-fun-old-fashioned-family-christmas/605728.md?page=2)