After months of saving up, I finally splurged on the amazing nearly-4000-piece McAllister house LEGO Ideas set last year, and I've enjoyed seeing it on my shelf every day since I finished building it. Yes, I keep it out all year long. I know Home Alone is a Christmas movie, but I love it enough to want to be reminded of it year-round, and I'd probably say the same thing about another John Hughes-written Christmas movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Honestly, we had it good in the late '80s and early '90s, particularly as it related to Christmas movies. In 1990, Kevin McAllister defended his house against two bumbling burglars. In 1990, Clark Griswold attempted to defend his perfect family Christmas against a small swarm of visiting relatives (a John Hughes plot inspired by real events). Thanks to LEGO Ideas, we have a Home Alone set, full of references to the comedy, but so far, there's no Christmas Vacation set, and I need LEGO to change that.
