National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Screening With Chevy Chase at Texas Trust CU Theatre

A special 35th-anniversary screening of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation followed by a live conversation with Chevy Chase and his wife, Jayni Chase

This multi-state, flamin'-festive national tour includes stops across the United States, with confirmed events in cities like Denver, Ottumwa (Iowa), Chicago, and Grand Prairie. Get on your festive holiday sweaters and get ready to pummel Chevy Chase with all your burnin' questions while he regales you and the rest of the audience with personal anecdotes and behind-the-scenes insights about the making of Christmas Vacation.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

“solid family fare with plenty of yucks”

Released back in 1989, this holiday film classic is based on John Hughes’ short story “Christmas ’59.” It stars Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, Beverly D’Angelo as Ellen Griswold, and Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie, with supporting roles by Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

When Chevy Chase finds a good way to hurt himself in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” he generally tries it more than once. The board that whacks him in the chin is liable to strike again. Floors will collapse, ladders fall, Christmas trees come hurtling through windows. The film’s penchant for breakage jokes is rivaled only by its taste for gross-out humor, and for the kinds of double-entendres best appreciated by 7-year-old boys. One extended comedy routine involves the panic caused by a runaway squirrel.
This third look at the quintessentially middle-American Griswold family, led by Clark (Mr. Chase) and the very patient Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo) is only a weary shadow of the original “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” which found a lot to laugh at as it followed the dopey paterfamilias Clark and his quarrelsome brood on a hellish cross-country journey in their station wagon. The new film does little more than reintroduce these familiar characters (with new actors playing the children, who would otherwise be college age by now) and let them get on one another’s nerves in earnest.
 - The New York Times

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is rated PG-13 and has a running time of 97 minutes.

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase plays Clark W. Griswold Jr. in the Vacation series of films that include 1983s National Lampoon’s Vacation, 1985s National Lampoon's European Vacation, 1989s National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1997s Vegas Vacation, and finally 2015s Vacation. He is also an original cast member from Saturday Night Live, joining the show in 1975, and is also popular for his appearance in the 2012 TV series Community.

Texas Trust CU Theatre

The Texas Trust CU Theatre is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex at 1001 Texas Trust Way, Grand Prairie, TX. With a seating capacity exceeding well over 6000 guests, you just know that the Q&A session is going to get wild! The theatre complex is well suited to epic shows with past performers including Alicia Keys and comedy shows by Kevin Hart.

 Accessible seating and parking along with other accommodations for guests with disabilities is available through the bow office. Ample parking is available at the metroplex.

Tickets

Tickets for the National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Screening With Chevy Chase at the Texas Trust CU Theatre on Sunday, 14th December 2025, are available today from Ticket Squeeze for just $66. Smash that Buy Tickets button and be sure to get enough for the whole family!