![]() ![]() We really loved plaid in the ’80s, didn’t we?Įric, who sent me interior photos of the Home Alone house, sent me the scoop on this one, too: When daughter Audrey (Juliette Lewis) complains about having to give up her room to the visiting relatives, Ellen says, “I don’t know what to say except it’s Christmas and we’re all in misery.” The exteriors were shot on the Warner Bros. ![]() The interiors were filmed at Warner Bros. ![]() Johnny Galecki, who played Rusty in this movie, is now all grown up and stars in the popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory. When a squirrel gets loose in the house, Clark’s mother faints in the living room and we get a good look at that green carpet:Ī sequel may be in the works that would feature Clark and Ellen’s son Rusty as he takes his own children on a vacation. The movie was called National Lampoon’s Winter Holiday in the U.K. The movie premiered in 1989, and it shows in all of the wallpaper and fabric choices in the house. It was the second Vacation story to be published in National Lampoon’s Magazine (the first was “Vacation ’58,” the basis for the first Vacation movie). ![]() “All my life I’ve wanted to have a big family Christmas.” -Clark GriswoldĬhristmas Vacation was based on a short story written by John Hughes called “Christmas ’59.” Let’s take a look back at the Griswold family’s home from the movie and how it was decorated for the holidays.Ĭlark Griswold’s House in “Christmas Vacation” He spends the rest of the movie trying to do just that! When his wife Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo) worries that it might not be quite as perfect as he imagines, he says, “Christmas is about resolving differences and seeing through the petty problems of family life.” In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) gets his wish for a big family Christmas. ![]()
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