"Christmas Vacation" movie...what's your favorite part!!

[palavra]

I love the scene in the mall when he is looking at lingerie with the beautiful sales girl and his son-"Bit nipply in here, isn't it ?"

 

[BC]

This just makes me laugh! As far as watching this as a Christmas Eve tradition, it's a great idea! My daughter is 34 and although we don't necessarily watch it Christmas Eve, although some years we have, we always watch it together sometime during the holidays. What more could you ask for but having the ones you love having so much fun watching such a funny movie! Laughter is good for the soul!

 

[youngb]

Love the whole movie, but the rant for sure is my favourite part.

 

[BC]

Young, you mean the rant over the lights not working? So typical of hubby trying to find the one that is causing all the others not to work!

 

[luvmy3]

The whole movie is my favorite part

 

[declansdad]

The little lights aren't twinkling Clark!

 

[Halloweenqueen]

I love Clark's father in law, Art. He has some of the best lines....


Art: [sarcastically] Beautiful, Clark.
Frances: Talk about p**sing your money away. I hope you kids see what a silly waste of resources this was.
Audrey Griswold: He worked really hard, Grandma.
Art: So do washing machines.


Art: The little lights aren't twinkling.
Clark: I know Art. And thanks for noticing.

 

[BRDof3]

This is one of those thoroughly useless movies without any redeeming quality whatsoever- that you just have to keep watching. I love the first one, as anybody would have to that has taken a family vacation in the car. I love this one, as anyone that has had the family over for Christmas would have to.

And I agree that the rants are my favorite parts. Chevy Chase at his improvisational best.

As far as traditions, my kids are too young to make this movie a family viewing. I watch this one on my own, and we have "A Christmas Story" on TBS on Christmas Day.

 

[mrodgers]

I've always wanted to memorize it and use it. Most definitely agree with the folks who said.....

Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me. I have one……..I’d like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight.

I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a……..

* cheap
* lying
* no-good
* rotten
* four-flushing
* low-life
* snake-licking
* dirt-eating
* inbred
* overstuffed
* ignorant
* blood-sucking
* dog-kissing
* brainless
* ****less
* hopeless
* heartless
* fat-***
* bug-eyed
* stiff-legged
* spotty-lipped
* worm-headed
* sack of monkey **** HE IS!…

…..Hallelujah! Holy ****! Where’s the Tylenol?

 

[Singleminnie]

I love the scene where the cat gets into the Christmas lights, lol!

 

[Hidden_Mickey]

LOL, this is an annual tradition in our house. I love when the attic stairs clock Clark in the head! We actually let it run all day with the commentary going as we are cooking for Christmas Eve. That makes it even funnier. The actors are cracking up as they are describing how they filmed it, like Eddie with the water bottle in his pants when he is shopping with Clark, and when they are drinking egg nog out of the moose mugs, they are laughing at Eddie's black mock turtleneck under the white sweater. I love the squirrel too.

 

[Carina]

Anyway, they all agreed that on Christmas eve while we eat our party food. (as my DD calls it) we should watch Christmas Vacation. Probably kind of silly, but I think it is a great idea.

This Xmas eve will be be our 11th or 12th Xmas eve straight that we have watched Xmas Vacation and had "Snacky Dinner" (as my DD calls it)

I don't think its silly at all, its our favorite tradition.

We started back when our kids were little as a way to get them to eat a nice amount of healthy dinner ( lets put out a bunch of yummy healthy appies and let them graze for 2 hours while we all watch the movie) Now we do it, because no one would ever want to miss doing it.

P.S Not our favorite part, but the most repeated in our house "It's the Blessing" as we point at our teeth....

Funny thing is, I absolutly have no idea why he points at his teeth in the movie.

 

[momof1princess]

I've always wanted to memorize it and use it. Most definitely agree with the folks who said.....

Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me. I have one……..I’d like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight.

I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a……..

* cheap
* lying
* no-good
* rotten
* four-flushing
* low-life
* snake-licking
* dirt-eating
* inbred
* overstuffed
* ignorant
* blood-sucking
* dog-kissing
* brainless
* ****less
* hopeless
* heartless
* fat-***
* bug-eyed
* stiff-legged
* spotty-lipped
* worm-headed
* sack of monkey **** HE IS!…

…..Hallelujah! Holy ****! Where’s the Tylenol?

you are my new hero!

 

[southern_redhead]

I like Clark's rant when he get his "Jelly of the month" bonus. You know the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.

Pass the Tylenol!!!

Love this rant! Also:

Clark: Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We're all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here. We're gonna press on, and we're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny ****ing Kaye. And when Santa squeezes his fat white *** down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of *******s this side of the nuthouse.

and

Clark: Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?
Eddie: Naw, I'm doing just fine, Clark.

and this one is so crude it could describe a few of our rather unpleasant relatives LOL...

Ellen: What are you looking at?
Clark: Oh, the silent majesty of a winter's morn... the clean, cool chill of the holiday air... an ***hole in his bathrobe, emptying a chemical toilet into my sewer...
[Eddie, in the driveway, is draining the RV's toilet]
Eddie: *****er was full.
Clark: Ah, yeah. You checked our *****ers, honey?
Ellen: Clark, please. He doesn't know any better.


I loved this movie growing up, watched ANYTHING with Chevy Chase I could get my hands on, and was so excited to find it on DVD. I bought it and the kids and I watched it together last year. They thought it was hilarious (although, I did caution that some words could NOT be repeated )

 

[DeniseinNS]

My favorite part is when he greases up his sled and goes flying down the hill and ends up at Walmart

 

[stevenpensacola]

I love the scene where Clark is trapped in the attic and watches the old home movies with the Ray Charles song playing in the background...very touching moment is a very funny movie.

I love every "Cousin Eddie" scene.

 

[anniemae]

Aunt Bethenny saying grace. "play ball!"

 

[SleepyMom]

Honestly, I love the opening music... because I know it means we are watching again. Love the entire movie and we quote it year round!

My oldest DD put on facebook last week the quote "the little light's aren't twinkling Clark" and since then we have been going back and forth putting in all our favorite lines. It's getting to be a pretty long post

 

[LPZ_Stitch!]

Cousin Eddie: I'm ain't slidin' down no hill with nothing between the ground and my brains but a bit of government plastic....
Clark: You really think it matters, Eddie?

 

[dodukes]

LOL, this is an annual tradition in our house. I love when the attic stairs clock Clark in the head! We actually let it run all day with the commentary going as we are cooking for Christmas Eve. That makes it even funnier. The actors are cracking up as they are describing how they filmed it, like Eddie with the water bottle in his pants when he is shopping with Clark, and when they are drinking egg nog out of the moose mugs, they are laughing at Eddie's black mock turtleneck under the white sweater. I love the squirrel too.

ive never thought to put on the commentary, im definetely gonna have to do that this year!!!