re: Best Scenes and Lines from Christmas vacation

The whole god damned movie resonates with my family from top to bottom. My mom's side are all redneck hillbillies and my dad's side are all tight arse, senile business people. We've owned this movie on VHS and DVD since almost the time it came out and my dad still weeps with laughter every time.

I seriously think it may be the reason my family has stayed together through some tough holidays. Therefore, I submit:

"I don't know what to say except... It's Christmas... and we're all in misery"

I pledge allegiance, to he flag...

Better take a rain check on that, Art - he's got a lip fungus they ain't identified yet.

Or even better:

"Russ!!! Right here dad. Go get me the hammer. Clark what do you need a hammer for? I'm gonna catch in the coat and smack with a hammer." (Mother in law faints)

LOL!!!!!!!!

‘‘Tis the season to be merry”

“Well That’s my name”

“No shite?”

I actually do have a plate in my head, and I've used this quite a few times in conversation without people catching the joke.

"You know that metal plate in my head? I had to have it replaced, cause every time Catherine revved up the microwave I'd piss my pants and forget who I was for a half hour or so. So over at the VA they had to replace it with plastic."

I like at the beginning of the movie when Clark asks Audrey if the tree is beautiful and Ellen says "she can't see Clark. Her eyes are frozen" and then Clark just laughs.

In that same scene one grandma says to russ that she will give him a quarter to rub the burrs in her foot. He laughingly says geez a whole quarter. His expression gets me everytime

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I like the more obscure quotes:

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Same.

“Looks good even if it’s not lit” -daughter

Also like when he drinks eggnog and says “it’s good..it’s good” right before he loses his shite

My favorite part of the head plate story is when he says, "if I get a dent in it, well, my hair just won't look right"