The LAST Tuesday Talk of the year is going down today with Fancy Ashley!
I’m sure you’ve probably seen National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation at some point. The premise of the movie is Clark Griswold played by Chevy Chase is bound and determined to have a “fun, old-fashioned family Christmas” with his family. From his Christmas lights causing a town-wide power outage to the aunt’s cat getting electrocuted the Griswolds’ Christmas is one mishap after another. It’s full of laughs and something we can all relate to because who hasn’t had a Christmas story similar to something Clark endured during the movie?
I’d recommend recording it on TBS or something because then the language is much better!
I actually don’t know if I’d ever watched the entire movie until marrying Tab. His family loves it, watches it every year and can pretty much quote the entire ninety-seven minutes.
Remember the year we all got Griswold-inspired shirts to wear on Christmas?
I’ve been wracking my brain to come up with our most Clark-inspired story from our own Christmas just to bring a little cheer to your day and I have two…
*Tab is one of those guys who really has no clue what Santa is bringing our children until Christmas Eve night rolls around and we’re working like Santa’s elves. {I’m telling you this because he is positive he’d have told me this gift wouldn’t be a good idea.} In 2018, I thought it’d be fun to get Britt one of those Step2 {similar to Little Tykes} Roller Coasters. They must have discontinued them because when I tried to find a picture for you the only one I could find was over a thousand dollars and trust me-hers did NOT cost that much!
It looked just like this one above.
On Christmas Eve night though, as we were putting this together…1. It was really loud to move all those pieces and keep it quiet. I’m positive Ebby Lee and Nixon learned the truth about Santa due to this roller coaster in 2018. #momfail 2. Tab started getting frustrated that it was so big which in turn led to me getting frustrated. I mean the picture looks big but it doesn’t do the entire coaster justice. In our house, it started at the front door and went all the way past the staircase. This thing was GIANT!! It was the kind of Christmas Eve night we went to bed WAY TOO LATE and both of us were lacking great attitudes. Very Clark Griswold, if you know what I mean. But the kids loved it and would go zooming down that coaster all the way to the fireplace where we had to sit up pillows to slow them down or they’d hit the stone going way too fast.
*Griswold Story #2 takes place when I was little. My mom is going to love me sharing this story with all of you, by the way. On Christmas morning, my parents would always sit up a tripod with the video camera to record the gift giving. Anyone else’s parents do this? So, my brother and I ran into the living room super pumped to see what Santa had left us. We ooh-ed, and aah-ed over our gifts and then set up shop to open our family gifts. We always opened gifts one at a time so everyone could see what you’re getting. I remember exactly where I was when this happened…I was sitting on the couch getting ready to open a gift when a MOUSE ran right across the middle of the living room floor headed straight for the kitchen. I take after my mom in many ways and one of those is give us spiders, give us lizards, give us a snake even, but do NOT give us a mouse! EEEKKK!! My mom and I were instantly up on the couch screaming while my step-dad was chasing this mouse! WE WERE A SIGHT! And remember, it was all on camera. 🙂 VERY Clark Griswold! Don’t you think?
Okay, now what about YOU? Do you have a Clark Griswold family Christmas story? I’m going to ask for your stories on Instagram today as well. We’ve all felt a little Griswold-ish at some point during the holidays. Am I right? And hopefully the stories can bring a little smile to your season!
XO
