Against all odds, I love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
That’s not necessarily because it’s a bad movie – it’s actually pretty funny with some deliciously twisted moments that manage to evince some real heart and soul, not an easy feat in what is essentially a larger than life comedic take on Christmas – but because I never saw myself as a National Lampoon kind of guy.
But my dad changed all that when he discovered the movie about 10 years ago and it somehow became a Gillman festive viewing tradition.
Now I love the movie and Christmas isn’t Christmas without it being played at least once.
Even so though, I doubt I would go as far as getting Clark Griswald (Chevy Chase) tattooed to my arm, leg or any body part really.
But that doesn’t mean to say that other people wouldn’t want this, or any other of their favourite Christmas movies etched in gloriously colourful permanent ink onto their body, and as proof I present the picture above of Griswald in all his festive glory, along with a number of other tattoos of iconic and much-loved festive movies, courtesy of buzzfeed.com.
The question now is – if you were going to get a Christmas movie figure drawn across a body part, what would it be?
Here’a a great article on how A Christmas Story became such a beloved holiday classic.
You can check out the rest of the Falalala tattoos at buzzfeed.com