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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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335778 01: Actress Jessica Biel attends the premiere of “Halloween H2O” at Mann’s Village Theater July 27, 1998 in Los Angeles, CA. Biel, who started her career at the age of nine, plays the role of Mary on the television series “7th Heaven.” (Photo by Barry King/Liaison) /

Nebraska: I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Release Year: 1998

Directed By: Arlene Sanford

Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Sean O’Bryan, Gary Cole, Eve Gordon, Lauren Maltby, Andrew Lauer, Lesley Boone

You might not remember Disney’s I’ll Be Home for Christmas unless you were crushing on Jonathan Taylor Thomas, affectionately known as JTT, in the ’90s. The one-time heartthrob stars in the family Christmas comedy as California boarding school slacker Jake Wilkinson, who hasn’t returned home to Larchmont, New York since his father remarried 10 months after his mother’s death. In order to lure him home for the holidays, Jake’s father promises him his classic Porsche if he’s present for Christmas Eve dinner by 6:30 p.m. on the dot.

Of course, getting home isn’t so easy for ol’ Jake. He’s dumped in the desert wearing a Santa suit, separated from his girlfriend, Allie (Jessica Biel), who in turn hitches a ride with Jake’s rival, Eddie (Adam LaVorgna). I’ll Be Home for Christmas takes Jake on a cross-country misadventure, including a memorable pit stop in Nebraska. Unfortunately, the film was neither a hit with critics or audiences, but when it comes to nostalgia, numbers and ratings mean little to nothing. The late-’90s cult classic (dubbed so right here and now) is available to stream on Disney+ to relive your childhood crush on the one and only JTT.

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