This has great potential to become an extremely long board. However, I will stick to the one nit I originally noticed, and leave it at that.

Kevin's house is in Winnetka, IL, but he goes to buy his toothbrush in downtown Wilmette. This is not a short walk! And no, since you asked, there is no bus that goes trivially from Point A to Point B. (Mmmm... wimpy suburbs!)

This makes it all the more unbelievable that the burglars find him downtown and try to follow him home. If they're hitting up Winnetka, what are they doing in the next town over, six blocks from the police station?

Lastly, the only time there has ever been an ice rink in downtown Wilmette was that one sticky July in 1989 when all those movie guys came into town and put fake snow all over everything... oh, wait...!

>If they're hitting up Winnetka, what are they doing in the next town over, six blocks from the police station? >

Avoiding the Winnetka police, perhaps?

When Kevin's family is in Paris, his father is trying (and failing) to get any information from French officials on the phone. Naturally they don't speak English. So where is Kevin's father's brother? Aren't they staying at his place? Wouldn't it be reasonable to expect him to speak some French if he lives in Paris?

This year, Fox Movie Channel is doing the same thing with Home Alone that TBS does annually with A Christmas Story. Namely, playing it continuously on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The marathon run is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. on 12/24, and end at 6 p.m. on 12/25. More here.

This year, Fox Movie Channel is doing the same thing with Home Alone that TBS does annually with A Christmas Story. Namely, playing it continuously on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

I'd rather put my eye out than watch a Home Alone marathon.

Ah, it warms my heart to know that the sight of chestnuts roasting by the open fire and the feeling of elated children running around as they anticipate the moment when they'll be allowed to open their presents and the smell of cinnamon and eggnog wafting through the air will be so beautifully complimented by the sounds of burglars having paint cans smashed into their heads by a sadistic ten-year-old.

God, I love Christmass.

Sniff, Sniff.

I wonder if they'll play Home Alone 2. The sound of Christmas bells tingling goes great with the sound of an explosion after said ten-year old ignites the burglar's head and forces him to dip it into a toilet full of kerosene.

To answer your question, Home Alone 2 will be on ABC Family this year. And, the scene you described sounds more like it came from the first flick. Then again, since they're both pretty much the same movie, it could have come from either one.

TV Tropes points out how this movie is a period piece. If it were made today, Kevin would probably have a cell phone, and the family could get in touch with him that way when they realized they forgot him.

Also, look how easy Kevin's mom is able to get on various flights. Try doing that today, post 9/11/01.

Also, in Home Alone III, the criminals, when they realize they have the wrong bag, start poking around the airport, looking into passegers luggage. If that were done today, Homeland Security would be all over them in seconds.

About Buzz's girlfriend. Um Mr. Buzz, that is clearly a boy in drag. It's gonna be awkward when you take "her" upstairs to the hotel room on Prom night....

Would Home Alone work with a girl?

John Mulaney had a funny stand-up routine about \Home Alone 2 - Lost In New York'.
He pointed out, "Lost in New York. How? All the streets are numbered!"

Of course, Home Alone 2 has that cameo of Orange Blunder.

"That Cameo" was a requirement Fat B*st*rd made, in order to film the scene at the Plaza Hotel. Which Overgrown Crybaby owned at the time. (I don't know if he still does.) I've only seen each movie once, on HBO; that was enough.
If you have a need to see Home Alone or Home Alone 2 this holiday season, they're streaming on Disney+.

I still get a chuckle in the Cinema Sins video when they add (iirc) 5 Billion sins for that cameo.

Of course, that cameo could be cut out, and nothing meaningful would be missing!

Anyone hear about this
https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/home-alone-3-trailer-real-film-959248-20231218

Why would anyone bother with, or care about, a trailer for a 26-year-old movie!?