Aunt Bethany [after reaching the Griswolds' house]
Is this the airport Clark?
Played by Mae Questel 
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) · 78 quotes
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) · 78 quotes
Tied for 4th most-quoted character in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989): in 6 of its 78 quotes
Most scenes with: Uncle Lewis (3)
Scenes with Aunt Bethany
6 scenes Aunt Bethany Aunt Bethany Is Rusty still in the navy?
Aunt Bethany Is your house on fire, Clark?
No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.
Aunt Bethany Don't throw me down the stairs, Clark.
I'll try not to, Aunt Bethany.
Oh Aunt Bethany, you shouldn't have done that.
Aunt Bethany Oh dear, did I break wind?
Jesus, did the room clear out, Bethany? Hell no, she means presents. You shouldn't have brought presents.
Since this is Aunt Bethany's 80th Christmas, I think she should lead us in the saying of Grace.
Aunt Bethany What dear?
Nora
Grace!
Aunt Bethany Grace? Ohhh...She passed away thirty years ago...
<straining his face to mouth the words> They want you to say grace.... The BLESS-ING!!!
Aunt Bethany Oh.
<everyone at the table folds their hands in prayer and reverently bows their heads>
Aunt Bethany I pledge allegiance, to the flag of the United States of America - and to the republic for which it stands - one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!
Amen.
Aunt Bethany What's that sound?
You couldn't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant.
