HO HO HO, Merry Christmas!
So, you about ready to do some kissin’?
I say this every single year and this year won’t be any different: Aunt Bethany and Uncle Louis steal this movie.
Almost every single thing they say is hilarious and or quotable. This is true for a lot of the characters in the movie though I will admit, great movie.
I admit to scrolling through my sat. TV guide daily in search of this movie from Thanksgiving until January 1st. No luck yet…
There are bunch of things we look for every year…
Aunt Bethany’s presents wrapped with birthday paper.
When the power company needs to boost their output to handle Clark’s lights there’s a close-up of a guy flipping the switch. ‘Auxiliary’ is misspelled.
Just before Eddie surprises Clark, there’s an overhead shot of the house when they are in the yard looking at the lights, Eddie’s RV is already parked there. A nice touch.
Cousin Eddie’s dickey and the “Marty Moose” eggnog glasses (which can be purchased btw.)
Cousin Eddie crushing the light bulbs with the bag of dog food at Wal-Mart.
“Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, kiss my ass. Kiss his ass. Kiss your ass. Happy Hanukkah…”
“Oh, the silent majesty of a winters morn, the cool chill of the holiday air. An asshole in a bathrobe emptying a chemical toilet into my sewers…”
Listening to the newscasters from the parade on TV in the background during the grandpas’ nap-time. Some funny stuff there.
Cousin Catherine wearing mistletoe as a brooch just above her left breast.
During the Christmas dinner Ellen is pretending to eat but is actually flinging her food over her shoulder.
Ellen throwing her glass into a shrub in disgust when Clark is in the front yard getting ready to cut down the tree.
Uncle Lewis holding his toupee over his heart like a hat when Aunt Bethany starts singing the national anthem.
Cat under the chair.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
In case anyone would like to read the original source material, Vacation and Christmas Vacation were both based on short stories written by John Hughes for National Lampoon magazine. The European/Vegas movies were Hollywood creations.
The sled sprayed with the non-nutritive cereal varnish.
Watching old home movies in the unheated attic while wearing a feather boa for warmth.
~VOW
Shitters Full!
Chevy Chase, Beveraly D’Angelo, and Juliette Lewis are currently appearing in an Old Navy commercial based on the movie. I usually forget this, Johnny Galecki had an early role as Rusty in this one.
Saw the Old Navy commercial, did you?
Thank you and …I don’t mean to sound ungrateful but will this be the uncensored version? Because it doesn’t have the same Christmas spirit without the profanity ;)…
Bend over and I’ll show you.
You can’t talk to me like that!
I wasn’t talking to you.
It’s ABC Family, the channel that changed “Kansas City faggots” to “Kansas City horses”.
One of the only movies that made my Grandmother guffaw. Before that, I didn’t think she had it in her.
No shit.
I like that Clark is going for the amateur land speed record on a sled, then says, “don’t try this at home, I am a professional.”
“Burn some dust here. Eat my rubber.”
Those who have Comcast, it’s available On Demand for three bucks.