:10:00
Do you think there's
enough room for the angel?
:10:03
Sure, honey. I have a little more trimming
to do, but that won't be a problem.
:10:07
Ready?
:10:08
I give you
the Griswold family Christmas tree.
:10:19
There's a lot of sap in here.
:10:23
It looks great. A little full.
A lot of sap.
:10:47
Did I tell you I talked to my mother today?
:10:51
They've decided they're coming
for Christmas, too.
:10:54
It's not too late to change our plans...
:10:56
No, no, that's great.
:11:00
I think you're forgetting
how difficult it's gonna be...
:11:02
...having everybody in the house
at the same time.
:11:04
They're family,
not strangers off the street.
:11:07
All they do is argue.
:11:10
Christmas is about resolving differences...
:11:12
...and seeing through
the petty problems of family life.
:11:14
And it's about my mother accusing
your mother of buying cheap hot dogs.
:11:18
And your mother accusing my mother
of waxing her upper lip, and...
:11:23
...then they don't speak to...
- Your mother waxes her upper lip?
:11:25
She has for years.
:11:27
It doesn't show.
:11:30
I don't know, Sparky,
I just have this feeling it's not...
:11:33
I want to have Christmas here,
in our house.
:11:36
It means a lot to me.
:11:37
All my life I've wanted to have
a big family Christmas.
:11:44
It's just that you build things up
in your mind, Sparky.
:11:49
You set standards no family event
can ever live up to.
:11:53
When have I ever done that?
:11:58
Parties.