one clark w griswold.naments into the public conscience in 1989 by lining his lawn with said lawn ornament. it was clark griswold who is skewed the protestations of his yuppie neighbors, margo and todd, and carried on with the tradition that he determined he was going to put out there for his family. it was clark griswold who reminded us that christmas spirit cannot be confined merely to one's inside of their house. yes, that's right. but it must be shared, forced down the throat, if you will, of your entire neighborhood for a month, if not longer. amen. so be like clark griswold this holiday season. get an industrial strength. air pump and make your lawn the jersey- licious lawn that it yearns to be. ladies and gentlemen, put out a lawn ornament this year and make america and christmas great again. yeah. yes. yes. all right. okay. let's put the lights up on the tape. that's good. not bad. not bad, pyromania. okay. okay, stop. time has expired. i'm sorry. all right. sorry. this is okay, raymond. you are ag

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think there's some sort of mental thing we can apply here to people to decorate the house like a clark griswold tom. tom: didn't clark grizzled stills what else is powerlite's house and village he wanted to neighbors are in use those power. >> dreyfus place labor. >> that is right. tom: then eventually causes a shortage in the holes in the ozark rights i think i remember that happening we did that when i was a kid. [laughter] well we built a fort and put electricity unit then rent an extension cord from neighbors are into her forte. so to know how much power we use, while is little. anita: did you use the movie as a guide. tom: when we were young we did a lot of things that are firewood would go for it from other peoples or something we built a fort out of whether we as stolen from neighbors are as well. [laughter] john: were learning a lot about your past. tom: motors would like around he is going to be putting into you. anita: you going to get coal for christmas. lisa: the daughter sue and the next-door neighbor. >> always preaching visibly because of the top of the christmas decorations is f

. >> clark griswold must be really jealous. will soon be shared with people beyond his own community. the performance was filmed and will be shared with viewers around the world. >> same as your house, right? >> hardly. you should have seen my husband trying to put those christmas lights up when it was raining, oh, man. >> your snowman is just like deflating. >> mine looks pretty amateur compared to that. we try. >> i'm sure it looks great. >>> that's it for the news at 5:00. cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich starts now. >> right now at 6:00 we're talking wind and rain wreaking havoc on bay area roads. we'll look at some of the trouble spots as the wet weather sweeps across the bay area. >>> some pockets of heavier rain are moving out of the bay area into the sacramento valley, but off and on showers still in the forecast tonight and tomorrow and more waves of heavier rain, tracking it all in the first alert forecast. >>> out of nowhere everything turns off. >> it's not just the roads feeling effects of this weather syst

. >> but even the great clark griswold might finally have competition in. hey looks familiar. into your display? >> 25,000. just like the movie, everything has to be exact. all the area for the last 11 years, greg and rachel osterlund of wadsworth, ohio, have erected an increasingly even more accurate recreation of the display from the 1989 classic national lampoon's christmas vacation. they've landed their portions of their yard as well over the last decade, as the family has roped in neighbors and expanded the production, the house has actually become quite famous. they type in griswold house. our house is usually the one that shows up just like chevy chase's house. i think we're all in for a very big treat. >> and in fact, greg and rachel have even chatted with the movie stars. chevy chase and beverly d'angelo. we had a lot of fun discussing the house. >> she pulled it up on facebook. this is your house. and yeah, we're this is what we do. so the cardboard cut out would not be complete without. >> but perhaps most impressive, over the last 11 years, they've collected donati

of a light christmas, this is the dazzling home display in one small new york town that puts clark griswoldts all programmed to music, timothy and grace gay of unionvale new york, say since 2014 they've held the guiness world record for most lights on a residential property. >> it started very simple with just 600 lights on the two trees by the front steps. my brother suggested put lights around the pond. that was the spark that ignited adding more lights each year. >> reporter: the family says it takes them three months to set up the display with 40 miles of lights and 8 miles of extension cords all carefully choreographed to music through a computer program. now it's an annual event. their small town of only 4,500 drawing anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 visitors. >> i was so mesmerized. >> reporter: many locals say the event is a literal and metaphoric bright light. and a massive fund-raiser. the gays collect donations from visitors. they say over the past three decades they've brought in more than $665,000 for charity. much of that going to children's organizations. and the family says t

right now somewhere on a ladder clark griswold is going "there are no words] ♪ hallelujah, hallelujahsteve: thank you very much. good to be back home in kansas. >> thank you. >> steve: how many light bulbs? >> over 4 million. >> steve: and what is that? >> it is a maze. it is the world largest installed christmas light maze. over a thousand seasonal workers will come in to assist us in building. this it takes us approximately four weeks from flooring to the star on top of the main enchant christmas tree to really complete this event to welcome guests in kansas city. >> steve: let's take a tour. >> let's go. ♪ there is fantastic, who came up with the idea on thrgets owner and founder kevin johnson started hanging christmas lights on people's homes. then he asked to borrow the keys to his dad's truck and he and his best friend set out to grow and continue to build what we know as enchant to this day. so what happened here in kansas city, eddy's miss chiefous self-left out the toys. we need your help finding all of them to get them back in time for christmas. this is an incredible immers

clark griswold. brian: i just realize no one in our family has watered our tree. probably been a week. i put the prolong. in someone has got to water it. >> steve: reason you need artificial tree. >> brian: i can't give in. it would be nice if someone had initiative in my house. >> steve: lawrence, as you can see right there peter pan diner out on long island. and is he going to talk to the folks about this. brand new fox news polling asks people about how they feel about what's going on on our southern border. keep in mind for the most part joe biden has made it really easy to come into the country. 34% say it's an emergency. 45% say it's a major problem. add that up, 8 in 10 americans say it's a mess. that number is up 8% from august. and in the same poll, 67% of americans say they would support deporting those who are in this country illegally. 58% say let's use the military. and 54%, i'm surprised it's not bigger, only 54% say build the wall. >> carley: you can't get 8 in 10 americans to agree on

. >>> the last thing before we go tonight, a century of christmas spirit, as clark griswold knows, onets. our friend harry smith has a look at one small town in god's country, that is nebraska, that makes its lights a priority. watch this. >> reporter: like a postcard from nebraska, the beautiful christmas lights adorning the courthouse in minden. >> there have been lights on the courthouse since 1922, and that was 101 years. that is something. >> reporter: jack hultquist learned to love history from lucile cole, his teacher in eighth grade here. >> that is a glass negative, two men are actually up here working on the courthouse lights. >> wow, isn't that something? >> reporter: after world war ii, the high school drama teacher was approached. >> the chamber of commerce came over to clayt -- >> reporter: clayt would be clayton morey, ben morey's dad. >> and so, clayt, you know, do you have anything new we can do when we turn on the lights? >> the light of the world. >> reporter: and every year since 1946, give or take an energy crisis or the pandemic, minden has hosted the light of the

. >>> the last thing before we go tonight, at century a christmas spirit, as clark griswold knows, oneone small time in god's country, that is nebraska, that makes its life a priority. watch this. >> reporter: like a postcard from nebraska, the beautiful christmas lights adorning the courthouse in minden. >> there have been lights on the courthouse since 1922, and that was 101 years. >> reporter: jack learned to love history from his teacher in eighth grade. >> that is a negative, and actually, i appear working on the courthouse lights. >> reporter: wow, isn't that something? >> reporter: after world war ii, the high school drama teacher was approached. >> the chair of commerce came over to the game -- then you have anything new when we turn on the light? >> reporter: and every year since 1946, the energy crisis or the pandemic, minden has hosted the line of the world. >> and when they saw the star -- >> reporter: he would have been so thrilled. >> dad directed it for years and then that -- t what is it like for you when you come to the square here? >> it's fabulous. but suing them. pu

of a light christmas, this is the dazzling home display in one small new york town that puts clark griswold i think i know what's wrong with more than 720,000 lights. all programed to music. timothy and grace guay of unionville, new york, say since 2014, they've held the guinness world record for most lights on a residential property. >> it started very simple, with just 600 lights on the two trees by the front steps. my brother suggested put lights around. pond. that was actually the spark that ignited, adding more lights each year. >> the family says it takes them three months to set up the display. with 40 miles of lights and eight miles of extension cords, all carefully choreographed to the music through a computer program from. now it's an annual event. their small town of only 4500, drawing anywhere from 50 to 100,000 visitors. >> i was so mesmerized. i'd just drive around as many times as you want. >> many locals say the event is a literal and metaphorical bright light and a massive fundraiser. the gays collect donations from visitors, as they say, over the past three decades, they'v

now other people's family tradition might look like clark griswold, going out in the wilderness withfamily of real trees. >> reporter: last year nick west thought the artificial tree at her mom's house was only for the year. when she walks into her mom's house this year -- >> my entire family switched over from being real tree people to being fake tree people. my sister is like, we also have a fake tree. >> they last longer. i can keep it up longer. >> reporter: according to the american christmas tree association this year nearly 77% consumers planning to put up a tree are leaning toward artificial. many citing ease to assemble, consistent appearance and easy maintenance as reasons behind their choice. but experts like gary, whose nickname is dr. christmas tree, says when it comes to the environment, real trees are the way to go. >> when you're finished with your tree, they'll recycle them. they'll mulch them. for every tree harvested, growers are getting at east one seedling. >> reporter: but when it comes to spreading holiday cheer, the american christmas tree association says art

i'm resurrecting one of my personal favorites inspired by clark w. griswold.istmas vacation. >> that's a classic. >> we'll see how it holds up. >> well, nothing ugly about the story this morning from paris. in the spirit of the season, we are live in paris at the notre dame cathedral, with an upclose look at the stunning reconstruction after that devastating fire a few years ago. >> but let's first get to the holiday travel crush and what is expected to be the busiest season ever. record number of people are expected to hit the roads and the skies over the weekend. the rush is already under way. you're looking live at minneapolis, st. paul airport. already packed. so many people are making their trips. let's begin with transportation correspondent gio benitez at george bush international airport in my home town of houston. good morning, gio. >> reporter: it is your houston, michael. good morning. it's been looking very, very good across the country over the past few days. now today is going to be another busy day. this one is off to newark later this morning.