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Chevy Chase, star of National Lampoon's Vacation and its sequel, is back as the paterfamilias of the Griswold family (including Beverly D'Angelo as his missus) to skewer the Yuletide season. Chevy mugs, trips, falls, mashes his fingers and stubs his toes as he prepares to invite numerous dysfunctional relatives to his household to celebrate Christmas. Amidst the more outrageous sight gags (including the electrocution of a cat as the Christmas tree is lit) the film betrays a sentimental streak, with old wounds healing and long-estranged relatives reuniting in the Griswold living room. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was still capable of attracting an audience five years after its release: It was one of the top-rated seasonal TV specials of 1994, outrating even the first network telecast of It's a Wonderful Life. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Chevy Chase - Clark W. Griswold, Jr.
Beverly D'Angelo - Ellen Griswold
Randy Quaid - Cousin Eddie
Diane Ladd - Nora Griswold
John Randolph - Clark W. Griswold Sr.

The third installment in National Lampoon's Vacation series maintains the same outrageous, free-for-all humor found in the previous Vacation films, with Chevy Chase heading up a hilarious glimpse at the good old traditional Griswold family Christmas. The Christmas Vacation DVD offers the standard features found on re-released films. A visual chapter search helps viewers to find their way through the film easily. Trailers from all four of National Lampoon's Vacation films are offered in addition to a huge catalogue of cast and crew bios. As an added bonus, there is a textual behind the scenes look at the film. This easy-to-read, page-by-page look at the making of the film includes commentary by the actors as well as anecdotes about the trials and tribulations of getting through the film's production. After all, who else would attempt to add an electrocuted cat and exploding sewer gas to the Christmas tradition? ~ Christopher Fielder, All Movie Guide

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