Matthew Zwillick, of Malverne, has a bit of a reputation. The 47-year-old education administrator is known for his obsession with Christmas lights, much like Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase), the lead ...

Chevy Chase hides behind the tree in a scene from the 1989 film "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." It is once again the most popular Christmas movie. The most popular Christmas movie of 2025 is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picking a favorite line from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is nearly impossible, so let’s just go with the one that struck ...

Beverly D’Angelo took matters into her own hands and made movie history. After "National Lampoon’s Vacation" (1983) and "National Lampoon’s European Vacation" (1985), the Griswolds returned to deliver ...

Scripts are great, but a surprising number of the best moments in movie history were improvised. John Hughes' scripts, however, didn't particularly require that much in the way of improvisation, with ...

Why 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation' marks the high point of Chevy Chase and John Hughes' collaboration, the purest distillation of Clark Griswold's haplessness. By Kevin Doughten Picking a ...