No "Holiday Road" For This Movie

Christmas Vacation is the only film in the Vacation franchise that doesn't feature the song "Holiday Road" by Lindsey Buckingham. Considering that the film was Christmas-themed, for the film, they created a new song titled "Christmas Vacation."

The song was written for the film by couple Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. The song was considered to be very appropriate compared the other original Vacation soundtrack. The hit was later covered and can be found on the 2007 Disney Channel Holiday album.

Director Jeremiah Chechik Had Never Seen a Vacation Movie

When Jeremiah Chechik signed on to direct Christmas Vacation — the third film in the Vacation series — he hadn't even seen the other two. "I hadn't seen the first two [Vacation movies], and so I wasn't really influenced by anything other than the fact that it was a big—at the time—their big Christmas movie, and comedy," he told Den of Geek.

After successfully directing Christmas Vacation, Chechik went on to direct Benny & Joon, Diabolique, and The Avengers, as well as episodes of The Bronx is Burning, Gossip Girl, Chuck, and Burn Notice.