Travis' Top 5 Christmas Movies: #5

Over the years, there have been numerous Holiday movies. Since it is that time of the year, I have comprised a list of my top 5 favorite Christmas movies of all time. Throughout the days leading up to the big day, I will share those movies with you in descending order.

Number 5- Christmas Vacation

While a lot of people say this may be their favorite Christmas movie, I have to put this at number 5. Christmas Vacation is a great holiday movie. If you haven't seen this movie, it is pretty much like every other Vacation movie: hilarious chaos . The Griswold's plans for a big family Christmas turns into a big disaster with a lot of laughs along the way.

I am sure you have seen this movie a few times, so no need to give you a play by play of the entire film, but here are a few fun facts about Christmas Vacation courtesy of IMDB:

The character "Rusty" in the film is played by Johnny Galecki. You may know him from his role as David in Roseanne and Leonard in The Big Bang Theory.
None of the movie actually occurs on Christmas. The final scene is late Christmas Eve.
In the scene when the police storm into the Griswolds' house, the song "Here Comes Santa Claus" sung by Gene Autry is used for the background music. Cousin Eddie ( played by Randy Quaid) is the third cousin of Gene Autry.
This is the only Vacation movie to not feature the Lindsey Buckingham song "Holiday Road" throughout the entire film.
Diane Ladd, who plays Clark Griswold's mother is actually only eight years older than Chevy Chase.