National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation<\/em> \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 Making you feel a whole lot better about your impending dry turkey, minor electrical tree fire, and extended family festive chaos! Christmas Vacation<\/em> is definitely up there as one of my favourites for this time of year because of its tongue in cheek, relatable, humour. <\/span><\/p>\n I think everybody has a little bit of Clark Griswold in them when it comes to Christmas time, don’t they? That sheer desperation to make everything right so you can you fully take advantage of festive indulgences and avoid talking to your weird cousin for as long as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n Straight away the whole film feels pretty relatable so it’s hard not to be giggling all the way through but the comedic value is really ramped up with the shock arrival of Cousin Eddie. 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