EDMONTON -- An Alberta man has turned his entire front yard into a scene from one of the most beloved holiday comedies of all time - National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

Stony Plain resident Jon Harringa said he’s spent “thousands” of dollars, hundreds of hours and energized 33,800 lights - honouring his favourite movie.

The idea came from people teasing him about his love for Christmas lights.

“People were calling me Griswold, friends joking around calling me Clark, and we just took it to that next step. It’s kind of been dubbed the Griswold house,” Harringa said.

The 1989 classic movie stars Chevy Chase as Christmas-light-fanatic Clark Griswold, in a tale that sees heartwarming family moments derailed by goofy circumstances and side-splitting disaster hijinks.

Harringa’s display even features an RV and life-sized Cousin Eddie statue, depicted in the famous scene where he empties his camper’s septic tank into the residential storm sewer while drinking a beer and puffing on a cigar.

Eddie, played by actor Randy Quaid, is dressed in a robe and not much else, just like in Harringa’s yard.

“It’s one of the most iconic Christmas movies around. We got Cousin Eddie emptying the ‘shitter.’ Cousin Eddie, that’s one of the best scenes in the movie,” he laughed.