Performance

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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First released in 1989, *National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation* is the third film in the Vacation cycle, shaped by director Jeremiah Chechik and writer-producer John Hughes. It follows Clark Griswold’s increasingly unmanageable attempt to stage a “normal” family Christmas, with slapstick set pieces that double as a study in American holiday stress. The film has lived on in New York’s seasonal repertory programming, where its suburban chaos plays as a familiar civic ritual. At NJPAC, the screening is paired with a discussion and audience Q&A featuring Chevy Chase and Jayni Chase; the event frames the comedy as both artifact and memory.