Jeremiah Chechik	...	(Director)
John Hughes	...	(Writer)
Chevy Chase	...	Clark
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Ellen
Juliette Lewis	...	Audrey
Johnny Galecki	...	Rusty
John Randolph	...	Clark, Sr.
Diane Ladd	...	Nora
E. G. Marshall	...	art
Doris Roberts	...	Francis
Randy Quaid	...	Eddie
Miriam Flynn	...	Cathrine
Cody Burger	...	Rocky
Ellen Hamilton Latzen	...	Ruby Sue
William Hickey	...	Lewis
Mae Questel	...	Bethany
Sam McMurray	...	Bill
Nicholas Guest	...	Todd Chester
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Margo Chester
Nicolette Scorsese	...	Mary
Keith MacKechnie	...	Delivery Boy
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Frank Shirley
Natalia Nogulich	...	Mrs. Shirley
Tony Epper	...	Bozo #1
Billy Hank Hooker	...	Bozo #2
Alexander Folk	...	SWAT Officer
Jeremy Roberts	...	Cop
Woody Weaver	...	Cop
Michael Kaufman	...	Young Executive
Doug Llewelyn	...	Parade Announcer
Devin Bailey	...	Clark (age 9)
Frank Foti, Jr.	...	Swat Team Sergeant
Matty Simmons	...	Executive Producer
Thomas E. Ackerman	...	Director of Photography
Gerald B. Greenberg	...	Film Editor
Michael A. Stevenson	...	Film Editor
Angelo Badalamenti	...	Composer
Cynthia Weil	...	Song Writer
Barry Mann	...	Song Writer
James R. Alexander	...	production sound mixer
Larry Kemp	...	Supervising Sound Editor
Wylie Stateman	...	Supervising Sound Editor
George H. Anderson	...	Sound Editor
David Baldwin	...	Sound Editor
Neal Burger	...	Sound Editor
Dan Hegeman	...	Sound Editor
Lou Kleinman	...	Sound Editor
Glenn T. Morgan	...	Sound Editor
Victoria Rose Sampson	...	Sound Editor
Mark P. Stoeckinger	...	Sound Editor
Chris Jenkins	...	Sound Re-Recording Mixer
D. M. Hemphill	...	Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Smith	...	Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen Marsh	...	Production Designer
Beala Neel	...	Art Director
E.G. Marshall	...	Art
Ellen Latzen	...	Ruby Sue

Summary: It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.