Is your house on fire, Clark?

No, Bethany, those are Christmas lights on a house in New York that’s decorated just like the Griswold’s in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”

Clark Griswold would raise a moose mug and toast the Orsini family after they turned their property into a recreation of the classic holiday comedy – with 25,000 white lights covering their house, a station wagon topped with an oversized Christmas tree, a rusted RV in the driveway and more than 20 mannequins of characters from the movie. That, of course, includes Clark hanging from the roof and Cousin Eddie in a bathrobe emptying a chemical toilet into the sewer.

“It’s probably the closest thing you’ll find to a replica of Clark’s house,” said homeowner Jason Orsini.

The house at 41 Sheryl Crescent in Smithtow

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