Have you ever seen a type of viral posts promising a Christmas Vacation sequel this vacation season? May or not it’s that Chevy Chase would possibly electrocute himself as soon as once more in pursuit of being the jolliest home on the block?
Followers obtained their hopes up after seeing guarantees like this one on Fb, Reddit, Threads and different social media:
The poster guarantees extra Griswold enjoyable, with a message that reads: “CHRISTMAS VACATION REDUX!!! DECEMBER!!! Prepare for vacation chaos like by no means earlier than in Nationwide Lampoon Christmas Trip Redux. Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo return because the Griswolds, now retired and decided to have a good time their first Christmas of freedom till the entire gang exhibits as much as flip their quiet plans into pure pandemonium. Streaming this December on Amazon Prime Video, it is the reunion you’ve been ready for with twice the laughs and all the vacation spirit.”
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Given all the Christmas Vacation crap Chase is hawking on his website, it’s straightforward to imagine he signed up for one more go-round with D’Angelo, Randy Quaid and the gang. They already get collectively for fan conventions in civic facilities round America, why not movie just a few scenes so long as everyone seems to be in the identical room?
However alas, say the professional party-poopers at Snopes: Christmas Trip Redux is a hoax. (One apparent trace: The picture is from a Chase TV commercial for an electric car.) The unique submit got here from a social media account referred to as YODA BBY ABY, which has a profile that reads: “I’m simply right here to eat frogs, raise rocks and be satirical. The web page is one hundred pc satire and faux information.”
Womp womp.
For some motive, phony vacation sequels are a favourite amongst web pranksters. Snopes has referred to as “faux!” on others lately, together with a Polar Express prequel (coming to Max on December twentieth, The Christmas Categorical is a heartwarming vacation story you received’t wish to miss. Tom Hanks stars as Woodford Newton, a devoted practice conductor whose life modifications perpetually after a fateful encounter leads him to turn out to be the guiding power behind the Polar Categorical), and Elf 2 (Elf 2 is right here, and Buddy the Elf is bringing double the vacation cheer. When Miles Finch creates A.I.-powered BuddyBots utilizing Buddy’s likeness, the festive robots take over Christmas with hilarious, over-the-top antics. Prepare for a wild, heartwarming journey on this new vacation traditional, streaming on MAX this December).
Not surprisingly, all three of the faux vacation motion pictures come from YODA BBY ABY, an account that apparently has nothing higher to do than mess with folks’s beloved vacation recollections.
Should you’re actually hungry for a Chase/Quaid vacation reunion, Cracked will remind you once more about The Christmas Letter, an precise film “starring” each actors.
That film’s poster is sort of as deceptive as Christmas Trip Redux’s, as the 2 veteran comedy actors solely ship temporary cameos within the movie regardless of high billing. It’s a advertising and marketing switcheroo that may make YODA BBY ABY proud.
