# The Griswold Family Christmas Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807 "2012-12-03T00:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/1 "2012-12-03T00:46:11Z")
HO HO HO, Merry Christmas! So, you about ready to do some kissin’? ---
**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 3, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/2 "2012-12-03T00:54:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/3 "2012-12-03T01:48:16Z")
I admit to scrolling through my sat. TV guide daily in search of this movie from Thanksgiving until January 1st. No luck yet… ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/4 "2012-12-03T02:08:25Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > HO HO HO, Merry Christmas! > > So, you about ready to do some kissin’? 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. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/5 "2012-12-03T12:31:51Z")
Cat under the chair. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/6 "2012-12-03T14:11:13Z")
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. [Vacation '58](http://www.bizbag.com/Vacation/Vacation%2058.htm) and [Christmas '59](http://web.archive.org/web/20060223174747/http://www.nationallampoon.com/flashbacks/xmas59/xmas59.html). ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/7 "2012-12-03T15:04:36Z")
The sled sprayed with the non-nutritive cereal varnish. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/8 "2012-12-03T17:34:57Z")
Watching old home movies in the unheated attic while wearing a feather boa for warmth. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/9 "2012-12-03T17:42:09Z")
Shitters Full! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/10 "2012-12-03T17:47:43Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/11 "2012-12-03T17:48:44Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > HO HO HO, Merry Christmas! Saw [the Old Navy commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgt4jjBaaxs), did you? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/12 "2012-12-03T17:53:58Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > I admit to scrolling through my sat. TV guide daily in search of this movie from Thanksgiving until January 1st. No luck yet… [ABC Family tonight at 8 and reapeated six more times until the 25th.](http://classic-tv.com/holiday-guide/2012-christmas-holiday-tv-specials-movies-schedule.html) ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/13 "2012-12-03T18:00:35Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [ABC Family tonight at 8 and reapeated six more times until the 25th.](http://classic-tv.com/holiday-guide/2012-christmas-holiday-tv-specials-movies-schedule.html) 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 ;)… ---
**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 3, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/14 "2012-12-03T18:06:20Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Cat under the chair. > > Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Bend over and I’ll show you. You can’t talk to me like that! I wasn’t talking to you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/15 "2012-12-03T18:06:51Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > I don’t mean to sound ungrateful but will this be the uncensored version? It’s ABC Family, the channel that changed [“Kansas City faggots”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5WV-cELBB4) to “Kansas City horses”. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/16 "2012-12-03T18:59:15Z")
One of the only movies that made my Grandmother guffaw. Before that, I didn’t think she had it in her. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/17 "2012-12-03T19:26:01Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > 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 ;)… No shit. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/18 "2012-12-03T21:14:40Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/19 "2012-12-04T00:06:10Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > 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.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807/20 "2012-12-04T02:04:19Z")
Those who have Comcast, it’s available On Demand for three bucks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-griswold-family-christmas-thread/642807.md?page=2)