A great family classic

Rating: 7/10 (11 February 2019)

My sister made a good point about this movie the last time we watched it together. She said, "I don't know why people think this is a Christmas movie, there is hardly anything related to Christmas in it." After hearing this, I realized that she was correct.
Home Alone is a holiday classic, but not because it has the typical Christmas traits you would expect. It is a classic because it has aged well and it's a universally loved family movie set in winter. With that said, It is misleading to call it a Christmas movie. Sure, there is references to the holidays here and there, but does that make it a Christmas film? No, not really.
This is an example of how family movies should be made. I'll go as far as saying that Home Alone is one of the greatest family movies of all time. If you still haven't seen this one in 2019, you should.