The shift came thanks to pop culture and comedies, with goofball dad characters like Chevy Chase’s Clark Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” turning the holiday sweater ...

The Times’s fashion director casts a discerning eye on this peculiar holiday tradition. By Vanessa Friedman Vanessa Friedman is the fashion director and chief fashion critic for The Times.

Griswold wore that jersey during the movie ... From his red beanie, to green pants and Christmas sweater, he nailed the assignment. And while gun deer hunting season is over in Wisconsin, tight ...

In the movie, Clark Griswold drives his family out to the country in a similar wagon to find a Christmas tree. Chevy Chase’s character settles on a massive tree but, having forgotten a saw ...