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Chevy Chaseis bringing holiday cheer this year.
Chase, who portrayed Clark Griswold in the 1989 holiday classicNational Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, is set to headlineChristmas Conin New Jersey with his first-ever Christmas convention appearance, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.
Christmas Con, which will take place in Edison, New Jersey, between Dec. 8 and Dec. 10, is a winter wonderland for Christmas fanatics — complete with a holiday market full of local artists and vendors, photo ops and other activities.
The convention is best known for its panel of Christmas movie stars, which now includes the 79-year-oldSaturday Night Livealum.
Last year’s conventionsaw several Hallmark, Lifetime and GAF holiday stars, includingAndrew Walker, Nikki DeLoach, Paul Campbell, Danica McKellar, Chad Michael Murray andAutumn Reeser. They joined headliners andMean GirlscostarsLacey ChabertandJonathan Bennett.
Hallmark holiday movie favoriteTyler Hynestold PEOPLE in August at Christmas Con Pasadena that his dream Christmas-movie costar would be Chase.
“I mean, if we’re talking about holiday stars, I would just think of Chevy Chase from theLampoonmovies.Christmas Vacationis one of those legendary movies I grew up on,” said Hynes, 37, who also noted he was named after Chase’s character inCaddyshack. “Doing these movies now and having him be in it would be a full-circle moment.”
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The announcement of Chase’s attendance comes on the heels ofChristmas Con’s second-ever summer event, which took place June 9–11 near Hallmark headquarters in Kansas City.
Attendees too festive to wait for December got a kickstart on celebrating with featured guests like Barbara Eden, Melissa Joan Hart, Benjamin Ayres, Taylor Cole and Cameron Mathison.
Chase will appear at the NJ convention on the Saturday and Sunday.Christmas Vacationfans can buy their tickets onlinehere.
source: people.com
