If you’re ever feeling down about your holiday brood invading your house every Christmas, complete with the crazy uncle, misfit cousins, and opinionated in-laws in tow, tune into “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” and you’ll feel a whole lot better. This over-the-top family Christmas misadventure of a movie pretty much sums up how many of us feel as we celebrate the most festive time of year.
“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is just one in a series of movies under the “National Lampoon’s” franchise. This franchise features the well-intended but not quite commonsensical American dad, Clark Griswald who somehow manages to pull his family into all sorts of wacky predicaments. In “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” Clark has a vision of the perfect Christmas holiday where all the family gathers at his home to celebrate in merry bliss together. That’s just one of many mistakes Clark makes in this roll-on-the-floor-laughing Christmas comedy classic. Here’s how to watch this movie without relying on cable this Christmas:
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How to Stream ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ Online
Depending on your viewing preferences, several options are at your disposal for watching this Christmas comedy. If you’re looking for on-demand versions, go with Max or fuboTV. If you want to tune in to the movie “over the air,” so to speak, you’ll find it on the AMC channel this month, which is carried by several live TV streaming services:
Who Stars in ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’?
This holiday movie is packed full of outstanding comedic actors — many of whom went on to enjoy immense success in film and television over the last few decades:
- Chevy Chase as “Clark Griswold”
- Beverly D’Angelo as “Ellen Griswold”
- Randy Quaid as “Cousin Eddy”
- Johnny Galecki as “Rusty”
- John Randolph as “Clark Sr.”
- Juliette Lewis as “Audrey”
- E.G. Marshall as “Art”
- Diane Ladd as “Nora”
- William Hickey as “Lewis”
- Miriam Flynn as “Cousin Catherine”
- Mae Questel as “Bethany”
- Doris Roberts as “Francis”
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as “Margo”
- Nicholas Guest as “Todd”
More Christmas Movies to Stream This Holiday
“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” isn’t the only holiday viewing favorite to be had. Of course, there are a hundred other Christmas titles. But only a select handful makes it to the top of our Christmas must-see list. They include these treasured holiday favorites:
- “A Christmas Story“ – Easily one of the top five Christmas movies of all time, full of childhood nostalgia and the quest for the perfect Christmas gift.
- “Elf“ – Elf is a magical journey with a grown man raised as an elf in the North Pole who then travels to find his human father in a primarily innocent and comedic fashion.
- “Home Alone“ – This is a kid favorite, featuring a young boy who’s accidentally left at home by his parents for Christmas vacation. What ensues is a hilarious journey through gut-splitting physical comedy as this boy fends off his house from would-be and rather dim-witted intruders.
- “It’s a Wonderful Life” – A true classic, this movie reminds us all of what we should indeed be thankful for this holiday season as we watch the main character lose everything and gain much more through the gift of compassion.