I was going to post a flashback video from my goth days, a song I still love to this day, but perhaps I’ll post that next Friday instead. Because honestly, it doesn’t fit the current theme surrounding me. Today I dragged the tree and decorations out of storage and the kids and I set about making it festive around here. We have a wreath on the door, silver garland draped along the entertainment unit, a lit tree in the corner, and lights in the windows. I’m drinking green tea, eating chocolate, and listening to Kelly Clarkson sing “O Holy Night”, and I’m just a little bit into the Christmas spirit (alas, if only I had some eggnog).

So instead of goth stuff I thought I’d break away from the music and do a different flashback, a flashback to my favorite Christmas movie ever, good old Christmas Vacation. While I can take or leave the rest of the Vacation series of movies, the Christmas movie never fails to make me laugh. Often to the point of crying.

And even better, I’ll make it a three for one – these are three (and there are so many more) of my favorite scenes from Christmas Vacation.

Clark goes OFF talking about his boss:

(That used to be my shut down sound for Windows until I realized a 58-second clip might be a bit long for that purpose.)

The sledding scene:

And the classic:

God I love that movie.

(Hi to all the other Holidailies participants!)