Best version of the best Christmas movie. Not the best scene though. That would be when he yells out the window for a boy in the street to go buy him a turkey. Harte
There was a Christmas Vacation story in National Lampoon Magazine (I was a subscriber) years before they made the movie. Cat ate the Christmas lights, pooped them out (partially) and was strung up. I forget the author's name right now, but that guy wrote some really good stuff for that mag. Had to look it up. It was the late John Hughes - the guy that did the Brat Pack films like The Breakfast Club, etc. You can read it here: http://www.clarkgriswoldcollection.com/christmas-59/ Harte
This is a more PC version of the original Dean Martin song that may offend some...ha, bunch of dumbasses out there.