(WLS) -- It is a Christmas classic ... had an exact replica of the car character Clark Griswold drove. But that's just the start. He has also put lights up all over his house.

At the Griswold family home, everything goes wrong before Christmas. Those tens of thousands of lights strung up by the fanatical father of the house — Clark W. Griswold, played by Chevy Chase ...

SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK -- Who could forget Clark Griswold's short-lived glee when his Christmas lights turned on, brightening up the neighborhood? A homeowner on Long Island is channeling that ...

The big takeaway here, if you’re looking to save power while still staging a Clark Griswold-sized holiday ... “I don’t know anyone who’s putting up 25,000 lights,” said James Gherardi ...

In the movie, Clark Griswold drives his family out to the country in a similar wagon to find a Christmas tree ... father would have never let him put as many lights as he does with his own ...

FLIP THE BIG SWITCH TO LIGHT THE CASINO CHRISTMAS ... THIS, THIS IN HER OPINION, DEFINES THEIR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES. GROWING UP AS A KID TO A TEE. GOOD OLD CLARK, RIGHT? SANTA HIMSELF STOPPED ...

Picture: Supplied In efforts similar to iconic film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, in which the Griswold family go overboard with lights ... of effort to put it up, but the large ...