when was christmas vacation filmed

“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” was filmed in the spring of 1989, with principal photography running from March 27, 1989 to June 30, 1989.

Key timeline

• Start of filming: March 27, 1989.

• End of principal photography: June 30, 1989.

• Theatrical release: December 1, 1989, the same year it was shot.

Where it was filmed

Most of the movie was filmed over those spring months in:

• Summit County, Colorado (including Silverthorne, Breckenridge, and Frisco) for the snowy road and mountain scenes.

• Burbank, California, at the Warner Bros. Ranch, where the Griswold family house exterior and neighborhood street were located.

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