For many, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is a must-watch seasonal classic. For Ted Ray, the 1989 comedy about an extended family’s disastrous attempt to celebrate the holiday, is an ...

With more than 25,000 twinkling lights illuminating his house ... not to be confused with “Christmas Vacation’s” Clark Griswold, stands proudly at his movie-themed holiday display (Brian ...

Griswold (Chevy Chase) strung his twinkle-light masterpiece in the 1989 comedy ... While set in a snowy suburb of Chicago, Christmas Vacation was lensed primarily in sunny Los Angeles (along ...