Christmas Vacation can be one of two things for anyone. It can either be a time to get together with family and friends, to have fun and be merry, or it can be a time of complete stress and frustration. In order to make this Christmas Vacation a good experience for your family, there are several things that you should keep in mind. Everyone needs to make an effort to be together in order to show their love and spend time with in the company of family and friends.

Most people spend Christmas at home however; today the vacation possibilities have increased vastly giving one more choices with each year. So, here are some popular 2009 Christmas vacation ideas that can add even more enjoyment to this already festive season. Christmas to most of us represents snow, warm cacao and family gatherings so, why not have a 2009 Christmas vacation in a ski resort where you and the entire family can enjoy abundant snow, enjoy snow sports such as skiing, snow mobiles and snowboarding and also have a family Christmas diner without having to cook any of it.

Snow for Christmas is traditional and children love it however, some of us who live in a country where we have four seasons and thus, get regular harsh snowy winters may want something different instead.

A Christmas on the Beach

Another popular destination for the 2009 Christmas vacation is a beach resort whether it is in one of the Caribbean islands or in the neighboring Mexico, getting away from the snow may be the best thing that happened to those of us who are tired of the snow and cold weather. A 2009 Christmas vacation cruise will take you to exotic sunny destinations such as Mexico, Hawaii and the Caribbean islands.

The best part about cruises is that you have everything included in one price such as the accommodation, food, and Christmas dinner of course the cruise itself. The only thing you will pay extra is for any alcoholic beverages you may consume during the trip. Some cruises even include all the alcohol drinks as well!

Helpful Tips

Whatever 2009 Christmas holiday you may pick remember to book it in advance in order to ensure that you get the hotel and location of your choice.  Even if you aren’t spending very much money, the point of a Christmas vacation is to spend time with your family and to be together, relaxing. Try to remember this when you are planning your own festive season holiday. Making a list of the various holiday options that are available to you is  another useful tip.  It is always important to be with loved ones for the holidays, no matter what you are doing together, as long as you are together.

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Hands down, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is the best Christmas-themed comedy ever filmed. Personally, I make it habit to watch this movie about ten million times between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. Even after seeing the film so many times that I can recite it word-for-word, Christmas Vacation remains as hilarious and entertaining as the previous holiday season. More than just a seasonal film, it’s one of those rare comedies that it near perfect from beginning to end.

Christmas Vacation follows the ongoing exploits of Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and the Griswold family, but this particular rendition of the classic Vacation movies is arguably the best. As in the previous films, Clark’s goal is to create the perfect vacation for his family. Only this time, instead of hitting the road for Wally World or flying to Europe, the Griswolds stay at home in suburban Chicago.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (mere months away from signing on for the role of Elaine on Seinfeld) makes several appearances as Clark’s annoying, yuppie neighbor Margot, a character accompanied by her equally elitist yuppie partner, Todd (Nicholas Guest). Randy Quaid makes a return appearance as Cousin Eddie, playing the same role from the original Vacation film. As Clark’s unsophisticated and backward relative, Eddie is a man whose “heart is bigger than his brain”. Beverly D’Angelo also returns in her previous role as Clark’s wife, Ellen.

When Clark vows to create “the most fun-filled old-fashioned family Christmas ever,” things naturally go awry. With the Griswold family and their in-laws living under one roof, the relatives constantly get on each others’ nerves. Clark sets out to decorate the house for Christmas, and his quest culminates in a 25,000 light extravaganza that covers every square inch of the house. In the process, he nearly breaks his neck several times and knocks out Todd and Margot’s window with a flying lance of roof gutter ice.

The laughs multiply several times over when Cousin Eddie arrives uninvited and parks his RV in the Griswold driveway. In tow are his wife Catherine, their two kids Ruby Sue and Rocky, and their lovely dog “Snots”. The crescendo of disaster steadily increases as Christmas Day approaches with Clark’s agony compounded the absence of his annual Christmas bonus. Clark’s big Christmas surprise for the family is that he’s putting in a pool, but in order to start work as soon as the ground thawed out, he had to put down a hefty deposit which his check won’t cover without the Christmas bonus.

After a Christmas Eve in which the turkey explodes, Aunt Bethany’s cat electrocutes itself, Uncle Lewis burns down the tree, and a squirrel gets loose in the house, a late night knock on the door provides Clark with hope. A deliveryman hands him an envelope which fell between the seats, the fabled Christmas bonus. But when the bonus isn’t quite what Clark expected, Cousin Eddie surprises Clark with an unexpected last minute gift?

Originally released in 1989, Christmas Vacation has surprisingly little content that makes it seem “dated”. As such, it’s certain to be a holiday viewing tradition for generations to come. With some of the best one-liners in all of comedy, you’ll find yourself reciting its dialogue for many Christmases to come. But what makes Christmas Vacation such an enduring film is that everyone who watches it can relate to the events within. Almost everyone has a strange relative like Eddie or a pair of snotty elitist neighbors, and of course, who hasn’t had a squirrel ransack their house on Christmas Eve? Overall, this movie is a barrel of laughs. If you don’t like it, you probably aren’t breathing?

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (DVD).

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