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|This Chirstmas Christmas classic is about Kevin McCallister, who accidentally gets stuck home alone and thus learns to be independent and self-reliant. Not only that, but he defends his family house from burglars by resourcefully making booby traps out of everyday items, including firearms. Also Kevin is shown to have Christian values, as he goes to church and is shown praying and giving grace before his dinner. The movie also has very strong pro-family themes. After Kevin gets into an altercation with his older brother Buzz, he wishes his family would disappear. After he wakes up and finds his family gone, he is at first overjoyed at having no one talking down to him or telling him he can't do things, but as the film progresses, he begins to miss his family. Kevin's mother Kate is determined to get back to Chicago to see Kevin and is willing to make any sacrifice necessary. The film shows the value of charity with the character Gus Polinski (played by the late John Candy) who empathizes with Kate, being a father himself, and offers Kate a ride with his Polka band. Produced three sequels, the third and fourth films without its original star as Kevin.

|In the sequel to the first ''Home Alone'', Kevin McCallister is once again accidentally separated from his family while being laid over in New York City and must be self-reliant to survive. He takes advantage of an opportunity to save a children's charity from being robbed by the Wet Bandits from the previous film, using man-made traps against them once more with some modifications. [[Donald Trump]] makes a brief, positive cameo, too, to help Kevin navigate his way through the Plaza Hotel. The family values also return in this film as Kevin once again wishes his family away, but then misses them. Kate's maternal instinct returns as she is determined to find Kevin, even when others tell her it's hopeless. Kate once again finds help from a charitable, sympathetic person (in this case, an NYPD officer), who helps her by bringing her to Rockefeller Center, where she finds Kevin.