In America Christmas Vacation is kind of the quintessential Christmas movie and is ubiquitous throughout the month of December. I was wondering if it shares that same level of popularity in other countries. If not, is there another Christmas movie in your country that's on that same level?
shareI didn't grow up watching this movie,there's this one time my family accidentally got the movie from blockbuster mail service and my mom immediately wanted to sent it back. I didn't officially see this movie till last year when Vacation 2015 came out in theaters.
shareVery good thread, I'm interested in the answers as well...
I'm not surprised by Canada. Canada is pretty much the same as America, but with different politics and half french speaking ppl.
I live in Canada and I love this film!
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Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen = ξΉ
as mentioned i've gotten the idea too that it's a classic in sweden, it airs every christmas time on different television stations (well used to anyway) here and my buddy's parents thought it was a riot, it's a movie so funny and great i like to watch it all year around so i got it on dvd, just cousin eddie alone is like a one man show, great cast overall like brian doyle murray as clark's boss, the early part in the movie with clark and the woman behind the cash register is another highlight. according to me this is by far the funniest of the "vacation"movies, how often does that happen with a third in the franchise. speaking of sequels, cousin eddie got his own sequel in the 2003 tv movie "christmas vacation 2: cousin eddie's island adventure". this is the only one of the vacation movies where they don't travel but stays at home inviting the family, i think that sets this up for another sequel where clark and ellen have the grown kids over for christmas. i sure hope they continue making these vacation movies bringing the original cast back.
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you had to get off bus stop,
enjoying the miles,
with you at seat side,
you treated me nice,
gave a new neat window sight,
smiled while waving me goodbye,
as i roll on down old lonesome line.
It depends if you can relate to having a similar family to the Griswolds.
shareThere is an interesting clip on YouTube about how this movie was originally marketed outside the US when it came out. It was promoted more as a movie with disasters in the home by the goofball homeowner. The clip even includes pictures of the movie posters where all aspects of Christmas were replaced with everyday stuff. In one it has Chevy getting shocked while repairing the TV antenna with tools all around him instead of Christmas items.
In Iceland it isn't necessarily a Christmas stable, but it seems that everyone owns it and has the DVD laying around in their house somewhere
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