Director Chris Columbus claims he quit working on “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” after he met with the film’s leading actor, Chevy Chase. In a new interview with Vanity Fair ...

Griswold (Chevy Chase) strung his twinkle-light masterpiece ... While set in a snowy suburb of Chicago, Christmas Vacation was lensed primarily in sunny Los Angeles (along with a few exteriors ...

Christmas Vacation could have been part of his bio as well. "I was signed on … and then I met Chevy Chase. Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film ...