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SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) If scenes throughout the 1989 comedy National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation seem familiar to Coloradans, that s because this Chicago-set film was partially shot in Colorado s high country.
According to GoBreck and the Breckenridge Tourism Bureau, the film actually begins in Colorado.
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When the Griwolds are heading to the country for a tree and find themselves underneath a logging truck, that was shot north of Silverthorne near the Maryland Creek Ranch/LG Everist.
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