Christmas Vacation – Clark Griswold Fully Lit

🎄 Christmas Vacation – Clark Griswold Fully Lit 🎄

“Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas…
Kiss my @$$, Kiss his @$$, Kiss your @$$, Happy Hanukkah.”
— Clark Griswold

Inspired by one of my all-time favorite holiday movies, this diorama recreates the iconic Christmas Vacation poster moment where Clark commits 100% to a terrible, glorious lighting decision.

This is a character-driven holiday diorama designed to capture that exact split second of festive chaos.

✅ Sized right up to the limit and fully printable on the Bambu A1 Mini

🏠 Printing & Assembly Notes

• The main house body prints separately in solid black to reduce color changes and speed up printing
• Snow caps and siding pieces include alignment pegs to ensure clean registration with the front fascia
• The chimney installs first, before the siding and snow pieces are added
• A rear battery compartment lets you hide your fairy-light battery box and adds needed weight for stability

This design was built to assemble cleanly without frustration.

💡 Lighting (Intentionally Chaotic)

• Fairy lights are routed from the rear, through the internal opening, and out through the hole in the snow/siding
• There is no forced wire channel — this is on purpose
  • This should look chaotic
  • You get to choose your own routing
  • Messy wires are part of the Christmas Vacation charm

Once the base is assembled, wrap lights however you want:

• Across the roof
• Up the chimney
• And finally around Clark himself

Use glue, glue dots, hot glue, or any method you prefer to secure the lights.

🎅 Clark Assembly

• Use the large mounting peg to connect Clark directly to the chimney
• Clark is designed to float forward, selling the illusion and keeping him the clear focal point
• The structure and balance are hidden so the effect works cleanly from normal viewing angles

✅ Additional Notes

• Beginner-friendly assembly
• Works great as a lit holiday display or centerpiece
• Perfect for warm white or colored (unfortunately I was out of colored) 
•  fairy lights

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Have fun, embrace the chaos, and Merry Christmas!
— Nightmare 3D Printing 🎄💡