

“You couldn’t hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant.” - Uncle Lewis Just a real nice surprise." - Cousin Eddie “You want to hurry this up, Clark? I’m freezing my baguettes off.” - Art "It's a beaut, Clark, it's a beaut!" - Clark Griswold Sr. "This isn't charity it's family." - Clark Griswold "Honey, do you honestly think I would check thousands of tiny little lights if I wasn't sure the extension cord was plugged in?" - Clark Griswold the Griswold family Christmas tree." - Clark Griswold "Clark, we're stuck under a truck!" - Ellen Griswold

I still gotta brush my teeth, feed the hog, still got some homework to do, still got those bills to pay, wash the car.” - Rusty Griswold "Eat my road grit, Liver Lips!" - Clark Griswold “Surprised, Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am right now.” - Clark Griswold “Clark, stop it! I don’t want to spend the holidays dead!” - Ellen Griswold We’re all in this together.” - Clark Griswold

Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. “Where do you think you’re going? Nobody’s leaving. “I dedicate this house to the Griswold Family Christmas.” - Clark Griswold Just in time for the holidays, we collected the very best "Christmas Vacation" quotes that'll have you ho-ho-ho-ing right into New Year's. Or how about when Cousin Eddie shows up unannounced with the entire family and dog "Snots" in tow, then drains his RV's septic tank into Clark's sewer? No spoilers here, but the end result, is, well, a total gas. The National Lampoon's Vacation series focus on Clark before the rest, so it isn’t surprising that changing the kids was a way to poke at his faults in fatherhood.Who can't relate to Clark struggling to get the Christmas lights to work, then kicking down all the reindeer when they don't? (A bit of Christmas trivia: Chase broke his finger while filming that iconic scene.) Chase told TIME that recasting the Griswold kids was a joke about Clark being such a family man, but not really knowing his own children, so he continually creates elaborate events to reconnect with them. Though they raise questions about the Vacation franchise’s continuity issues, the Griswold children are actually quite irrelevant to the stories: it’s really about Clark’s struggles as a family man and father to teenagers. The Griswold children’s ages and appearances were even included as a gag in Vegas Vacation when Clark tells his children he “ hardly recognizes them anymore” before freezing on their faces. Audrey is now clearly Hispanic, though Clark and Ellen have no Hispanic ancestry, and Rusty appears more like an older version of Lively’s iteration. Another eight years later, the kids are still in their late-teens with drastically different actors. This time their appearances are completely different: Audrey is tall with curly blond hair and a new attitude, while Rusty is short with dark brown hair and tanned skin. Four years later in Christmas Vacation, Audrey is visibly older than Rusty she appears to be 17 while he seems younger than before at only about 14 years old.
