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Clark Griswold
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English
Etymology
From the National Lampoon National Lampoon's Vacation (film series) Vacation movies, in which Chevy Chase's character Clark Griswold is obsessed with planning the perfect vacation for his family and with having the most impressive Christmas decorations in the neighborhood.
Noun
A person who tries too hard to create the best holiday or vacation experience.
en https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sacred_Holidays/6ZxxDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+clark+griswold+of%22&pg=PT63&printsec=frontcover you don't need to be the the Clark Griswold of Halloween B&H Publishing Group Sacred Holidays: Less Chaos, More Jesus Becky Kiser 2018
en https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Way_You_Make_Me_Feel/sYHPEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+clark+griswold+of%22&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover 143 I was usually the the Clark Griswold of our vacations, pulling him off his stacks of grading to take in sun and skies. Penguin Publishing Group The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown Nina Sharma 2024
en https://www.google.com/books/edition/This_Little_Light_of_Mine/G4HREQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+clark+griswold+of%22&pg=PA195&printsec=frontcover The task of stringing the lights has always been left to me, the Clark Griswold of the family. 195 FriesenPress This Little Light of Mine: A Father's Memoir on His Daughter's Brief But Deeply Significant Life Randall Linton 2026
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