Revealing mistake: The family runs upstairs with the dog and the squirrel and then runs downstairs. You can see a cut in the movie, because the rug moves. (01:21:30)
Dr Wilson
14th Jun 2005
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
4th Jun 2005
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Clarke is installing the Christmas lights, the rope on the ladder keeps appearing and disappearing. (00:23:00)
4th Jun 2005
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Clark is on the sled, there's one frontal shot when the snow flies in the air before he touches it.
4th Jun 2005
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: When Ellen opens the door after Clark falls from the tree, there's a strange white thing visible for a few frames at the upper left of the door. Might be the hand of a crew member opening the door.
23rd Jul 2004
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Clark notices that Lewis has caught on fire, he's only burning when he pushes him on the ground.
23rd Jul 2004
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Clarke falls in the bush, the gutter repairs itself.
24th Mar 2004
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Todd, the snob neighbor, falls down the stairs, his wife Margot is not visible in the bedroom. (00:38:55)
21st Oct 2003
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, when Clark is outside of the house with Eddie's dog, all the police cars have disappeared. (01:34:10 - 01:35:00)
Suggested correction: It's the end of the movie with credits rolling, I would think the people behind the movie wanted it that way with Clark looking proudly of his Christmas night. his last line in the movie, he said "I did it" and the lights went off on the "THE END" sign. So, that's what I think about the ending. It's not a mistake. It would be if the sign wasn't shut off and started rolling credits after he said his line and nothing's there.
21st Oct 2003
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Santa Clause's sled passes in front of the moon at the end, why is the sea so dark? It wasn't in previous shots.
21st Oct 2003
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: The christmas tree is visible from the dining room, but when Lewis goes beside it to smoke a cigar, you can't see him. When the tree is on fire, you don't see Lewis again and you can only see a branch of the tree.
26th Jul 2003
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Clark finally opens the christmas lights, he has the wires in his hands. The shot later, when all the family comes, the wires are not there and his arms are wide open. (00:39:55)
27th Jun 2003
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Clark is holding the gutter, it bends and ice is thrown from inside of it. The problem is that you can't see any ice during the first shot when it bends, and also that the ice goes in the wrong direction. (00:24:25)
23rd Jun 2003
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, the Griswold family makes marks in the snow when they arrive at the tree which Clark wants. A shot later, the marks are bigger even though they haven't moved. (00:08:05)
20th Jun 2003
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the squirrel is being chased by Eddie's dog, it passes through the broken door and then vanishes. (01:22:07)
20th Jun 2003
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Clark falls from the top of his house, he grabs the gutter. It bends and a icicle is thrown from it to his neighbor's house. You can see the thread which guides it. (00:24:27)
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