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Best Christmas movies set in each state

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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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Florida: Ernest Saves Christmas

Release Year: 1988

Directed By: John R. Cherry III

Starring: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Billie Bird, Key Howard, Jack Swanson, Buddy Douglas, Patty Maloney, Barry Brazell, George Kaplan, Robert Lesser, Zachary Bowden

With the sunny weather and theme park attractions, Florida’s a popular vacation destination every winter. It’s no wonder there aren’t millions of Christmas movies about families traveling down south for a warm winter holiday (beyond Home Alone 2, of course). Ernest Saves Christmas, the third film in a series to feature Jim Varney’s titular character, finds Ernest P. Worrell picking up Santa Claus in his taxicab in Orlando, Florida. Santa’s on his way to pass on the Santa torch to his successor, and it’s up to Ernest to make sure the mission’s completed and Christmas goes on without a mishap.

Ernest Saves Christmas comes from director John R. Cherry III, who worked with Varney to direct multiple Ernest P. Worrell movies. The film wasn’t a critical darling, but it still proved a commercial success during its theatrical run, which grossed over $28 million against a $6 million budget. Although Ernest Saves Christmas was released under the Disney fold, it’s not currently available to stream on Disney+. Those of us who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s with Ernest movies to keep us laughing will have to track down this nostalgic Christmas adventure on another platform. Rest assured, Ernest P. Worrell saved Christmas in Florida and set a new Santa on his way in a sleigh.

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