December Film Club

 Hey everybody! Christmas time is here and for the month of December I've decided to show something of a more traditional Christmas movie than we have watched in the past, but just off-beat enough to satisfy even my grinch-like sensibilities. We will be watching the John Hughes written, Jeremiah Chechik directed, Christmas Vacation.

Christmas Vacation is a 1989 American Christmas comedy film and the third installment in National Lampoon magazine's "Vacation" film series. Christmas Vacation was directed by Jeremiah Chechik, written and co-produced by John Hughes, and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Randy Quaid with supporting roles by Miriam Flynn, William Hickey, Mae Questel, Diane Ladd, John Randolph, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Juliette Lewis, and Johnny Galecki, and special appearances by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicholas Guest, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Brian Doyle Murray, and Natalia Nogulich. Based on Hughes' short story "Christmas '59", that was published in National Lampoon, it tells the story of the Griswold family spending Christmas vacation at home with their relatives and the ensuing mayhem.

At the time of the film's release, it received mixed to positive reviews; however, over time, many have cited it as a Christmas classic. It currently holds a certified fresh rating of 70% on Rotten Tomatoes and Variety magazine said of the film, "Solid family fare with plenty of yucks, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is Chevy Chase and brood doing what they do best. Despite the title, which links it to previous pics in the rambling Vacation series, this third entry is firmly rooted at the Griswold family homestead, where Clark Griswold is engaged in a typical over-reaching attempt to give his family a perfect, old-fashioned Christmas."

We will be meeting Thursday, Dec. 28 at 5:30 pm

Here's a trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLVd4ipC5Lc

Hope to see you there!