40 Best 'Christmas Vacation' Quotes That Remind Us Why We Love the Movie So Much
"We're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas."
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Spreading holiday cheer can be exhausting! You have to figure out the Christmas shopping list, wrap the gifts, and keep The Elf on the Shelf on task. With all of the hustle and bustle, it's important to take some time to put up your feet and watch one of the best Christmas movies—including one of our very favorites, the 1989 classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Why do we love it? Let us count the ways. Christmas Vacation quotes are the best, for starters. (It doesn't get any better than, "Looks great. Little full, lotta sap.") It stars a pre-Big Bang Theory Johnny Galecki as Rusty Griswold. Chevy Chase is hilarious. And the Christmas lighting electrocution scene makes us laugh out loud every single time.
While we love traditional Christmas quotes that celebrate the season, there are times when we also need the best Christmas Vacation quotes from this funny Christmas movie to get us in the spirit even more. Check out our favorites below (and skim through these Elf movie quotes too if you just can't get enough holiday humor).
Wondering how to watch Christmas Vacation? You can stream it on Hulu with Live TV or HBOMax, or rent it on Prime Video.
Clark Griswold
"Looks great. Little full, lotta sap."
Clark Griswold
"Eat my rubber!"
Aunt Bethany
"Do you hear it? It's a funny, squeaky sound!"
Clark Griswold
"This isn't charity; it's family."
Cousin Eddie
"Sh*tter's full."
Clark Griswold
"Hey kids, look! A deer!"
Ellen Griswold
"I'm sorry, this is our family's first kidnapping."
Clark Griswold
"I was just looking at something for my wife, God rest her soul."
Rusty Griswold
"Mom? This box is meowing."
Grandpa Art
"What is it? A letter confirming your reservation at the nuthouse?"
Clark Griswold
"Hallelujah! Holy sh*t! Where's the Tylenol?"
Cousin Eddie
"If that thing had nine lives, she just spent 'em all."
Clark Griswold
"We're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas."
Clark Griswold
"Surprised, Eddie?... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised."
Ellen Griswold
"I don't know what to say, but it's Christmas, and we're all in misery."
Clark Griswold
"Yes, it's a bit nipply out, I mean nippy out."
Uncle Lewis
"You couldn't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant."
Cousin Eddie
"You about ready to do some kissin'?"
Clark Griswold
"Worse?! How could things get any worse? Take a look around you, Ellen! We're at the threshold of hell!!"
Clark Griswold
"Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?"
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