\u201cMerry Christmas from the Griswolds! Love my movie family,\u201d Lewis, 52, wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fans of the cult classic, the third installment in National Lampoon magazine’s Vacation movie series, shared excited reactions to see the group back together again, in comments of the post.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reunion we were all waiting for!\u201d one fan wrote. Another added: \u201cY’all look great! The best Christmas movie. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Chevy Chase starred as Clark Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Warner Bros)<\/p>\n Some famous fans of the movie also shared their reactions to the post, with \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d star Dan Levy<\/a> commenting a heart eyes emoji.<\/p>\n \u201cMerry early Christmas from one Audrey to another,\u201d wrote Marisol Nichols, who played Audrey, Lewis\u2019 character, in \u201cNational Lampoon\u2019s Vegas Vacation.\u201d Rose McGowan added that \u201cheaven exists.\u201d<\/p>\n The 1989 slapstick classic starred Chase as patriarch Clark Griswold<\/a>, D\u2019Angelo as his exasperated wife Ellen, and Lewis as their daughter Audrey. Quaid played legendary Cousin Eddie, who parks his trailer in the Griswolds\u2019 driveway and causes chaos. <\/p>\n \u201cNational Lampoon\u2019s Christmas Vacation\u201d was an immediate box office hit, grossing over $73 million. In addition to inspiring Christmas decorations, TV ads, and festive light displays over the years, the film was so popular that in 2003, NBC aired a spin-off, \u201cNational Lampoon\u2019s Christmas Vacation 2,\u201d with Quaid reprising his role as Cousin Eddie.<\/p>\n At Comic Con Rhode Island this weekend, the cast members gave fans the opportunity to take pictures. Chase was also attending the annual event with his cast mates from the 1995 film \u201cFletch.\u201d Other celebrities who made appearances included Rainn Wilson, Bryce Dallas Howard, Geena Davis, Denise Richards, Marisa Tomei and Molly Ringwald. Other iconic movies were represented with cast members from 1980s classic \u201cPretty in Pink,\u201d and Avengers movie \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Rhode Island Comic Con offered a photo opportunity for fans to meet the cast of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Rhode Island Comic Con) open image in gallery<\/p>\n Laura Dern announced the death of her mother, Diane Ladd, on November 3 (Getty)<\/p>\n This weekend\u2019s unexpected cast reunion came days after Diane Ladd,<\/a> who played Clark\u2019s mother Norah Griswold in the movie, died at 89. Laura Dern<\/a>, Ladd\u2019s daughter, announced her death on November 3.<\/p>\n \u201cMy amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home in Ojai, Ca,\u201d Dern said, in a statement shared with The Independent. <\/p>\n \u201cShe was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created. We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-274866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Chevy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chase.jpg\")
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