If you don’t know who Clark Griswold is, go rent National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation right now and watch funnyman Chevy Chase play the bumbling father and Christmas lights fanatic in the classic holiday movie. The bonus: Randy Quaid’s outlandish turn as Cousin Eddie Johnson; iconic silliness if you like that sort of thing (which I most certainly do).

But the Grinch came for a real-life Clark Griswold in the form of a joyless Homeowners Association in Idaho, who sued resident Jeremy Morris for what they saw as an over-celebration of Christmas with his huge displays of lights and holiday paraphernalia. 

He had the last laugh, however:

The "Christmas Lawyer" was facing the possibility of owing a huge amount of money over a lawsuit that he previously won over a festive Christmas display that was also helping raise money for childhood cancer. The Supreme Court kicked the case to the appellate court. Then everything turned around. 

Idaho lawyer Jeremy Morris spoke to Fox News Digital about his staged elaborate holiday displays in defiance of his former homeowners association that led to a protracted legal battle.

The case was overturned by the judge after he was previously awarded $75,000 in 2019. He then appealed to the 9th Circuit in 2020, before his saga got all the way to the Supreme Court. When the case reached SCOTUS, it was kicked back to the appellate court and the HOA reached a settlement, leaving Moore triumphant.

"They (HOA) ended up paying us significantly more, ironically, than the jury awarded us many years ago,” Morris reported. “The jury previously awarded us $75,000 (in 2019), and I will tell you that we actually settled for significantly more than $75,000," Morris said.

Hee hee hee. The bitter Karens and woke scolds are now paying for more lights. I love it. He’s laughing his way to more merriment:

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“The evil done by the federal judge has been undone, and our family’s right to celebrate Christmas through this ministry has been vindicated,” Morris wrote. 

GRINCH PAYS UP: Idaho lawyer Jeremy Morris tells Fox News Digital that he settled with his HOA for significantly more than the original $75,000 jury award after years of legal battles — and he's spending the money on even more holiday decorations.

"I'm buying a lot of Christmas… pic.twitter.com/LHWAFtL1M0

— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 24, 2025

I'm buying a lot of Christmas lights, and I'm enjoying it every time that I screw in a light bulb.

Boom.

RedState’s Brandon Morse, in his Tuesday VIP article titled, The War on Christmas Is Still Raging, brilliantly described how no other religion is routinely called upon to rename its holidays, “tone it down,” and take the meaning out of what is, yes, a celebratory, family day, but also at its roots, a religious one.

Morris, now known as the “Christmas Lawyer,” has shown us all that you don’t have to back down. Merry Christmas, Jeremy.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t leave you with this:

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