You remember the opening scene, when Clark Griswold dragged his family to a Christmas tree farm only to find the largest tree on the lot? And how it overtook his station wagon as it drove it home?

Even while celebrating their own little ‘Christmas Vacation’ in Cuba, Coldwater couple Nola and Mike Knelsen were “spreading Christmas joy” down south. But it’s their vintage vehicle that’s bringing ...

His homage to Clark Griswold ... him usually want to take pictures of the wagon and issue a verbal warning that driving with such a large tree on top of it is a distraction, he said.

The origin of the station wagon ... 1978 Plymouth Volare wagon serving the same function. The Volare was Jeepified; the doors and roof were removed and a canvas top with broad red and white ...

Not even Clark Griswold takes as much abuse en route to Walley World as the “Wagon Queen,” the station wagon carrying his family from Chicago to California in 1983’s National Lampoon’s ...