Using the AmuseLabs PuzzleMe Builder, I created a Crossword based on Christmas Vacation. Want to try it?
One funny aspect of Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is how people relate to it. Do most fathers relate to Clark and most mother’s relate to Helen? Or.. Do people come down on Eddie & Catherine being the more relatable of the bunch?
I think, most days, even in my early 40’s, I find myself inhabiting one of the Griswold kids. In that role, Christmas just sort of “happens” to me and seems to be out of my control, ostensibly the adults are in charge, right? Some days, I find myself rebuilding a toilet apparatus on the back deck on a 30 degree day and for some reason I’m wearing shorts. My inner Eddie is just below the surface.
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Some days my inner Frank Shirley has had enough of the hearing the same ancient songs on the radio and I’m just ready to get back to the normalcy of the other 11 months of the year. Other days, I channel my inner Clark and tend to overdo the sentiments and search of perfection. The perfect gift… the perfect holiday meal, the perfect holiday moment. A fool’s errand but at least there’s help to be had from Jack Daniels.
I have this theory that the more dysfunctional your childhood was, the more you enjoy and relate to this movie. Whether you love it or hate it, whether your Christmas bonus is the stuff of pensions or the spreadable stuff for morning toast lovers: I hope you find a way to have a good Christmas and Near Years and enjoy yourselves.
Cheers!