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Best Christmas movies set in each state

By Reed Gaudens

HOME ALONE - Eight year old Kevin MacAllister (Macaulay Culkin) gets lost in the shuffle as his large, upper-middle class suburban family rushes to make a plane that will ferry them off to their Christmas vacation in France; Kevin, having been banished to an attic room as punishment, is subsequently forgotten. At first this is a dream come true, as for the first time in his young life he has no one to answer to but himself, and he takes full advantage of his newfound freedom, eating junk food and watching late-night horror flicks. But when the bumbling Wet Bandits Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) target his house for a robbery, Kevin must step up to defend his home; he sets a maze of booby traps so elaborate that only an eight year old imagination could concoct them. (20TH CENTURY FOX)MACAULAY CULKIN
HOME ALONE - Eight year old Kevin MacAllister (Macaulay Culkin) gets lost in the shuffle as his large, upper-middle class suburban family rushes to make a plane that will ferry them off to their Christmas vacation in France; Kevin, having been banished to an attic room as punishment, is subsequently forgotten. At first this is a dream come true, as for the first time in his young life he has no one to answer to but himself, and he takes full advantage of his newfound freedom, eating junk food and watching late-night horror flicks. But when the bumbling Wet Bandits Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) target his house for a robbery, Kevin must step up to defend his home; he sets a maze of booby traps so elaborate that only an eight year old imagination could concoct them. (20TH CENTURY FOX)MACAULAY CULKIN /
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Michigan: The Polar Express

Release Year: 2004

Directed By: Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Josh Hutcherson, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Dylan Cash, Brendan King, Josh Eli, Michael Jeter, Chris Coppola, Julene Renee, Phil Fondacaro, Charles Fleischer, Steven Tyler

Technically, The Polar Express doesn’t take place in one particular setting since the movie’s titular train remains in motion from one place to the next. But one special character’s home in Michigan centers the story of believing in the magic of Christmas. Based on the popular children’s book of the same name, The Polar Express stars Tom Hanks in various roles, particularly a train conductor that welcomes a skeptical young boy on board the Polar Express. The train’s destination is the North Pole, where the young boy and other children will be challenged in their disbelief of Santa Claus and the overall sense of magical wonder in the holidays.

The Polar Express comes from director Robert Zemeckis, who also directed such films as Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, A Christmas Carol and The Witches, among many other blockbusters. The film received middling reviews from critics but proved a box office hit and an instant holiday classic. It’s unlikely you’ll find an animated Christmas movie as uplifting and inspiring as The Polar Express, and there are a lot of uplifting and inspiring animated Christmas movies. You’re never too young or old to board the Polar Express for a trip from Michigan to the North Pole, specifically when Tom Hanks is leading the way.

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