In the first film, Kevin gets left at home from the family's trip to Paris due to a power outage and a random neighbor kid being present during the headcount. In the first two Home Alone movies, Kevin McAllister gets separated from the rest of his family, and Kate, Kevin's mom, does everything she can to reunite with him.At the end of the special, after Elmo goes back in time and stops himself from taking the magical snowglobe that granted his wish in the first place, Snuffy reveals to Big Bird that his grandmother decided to visit him for Christmas this year. When Elmo wishes for it to be Christmas every day, this results in Snuffy being stuck in Cincinnati and unable to return to Sesame Street, which makes Big Bird upset. Subverted in Elmo Saves Christmas Snuffy goes to Cincinnati to visit his grandmother for Christmas, but promises Big Bird that he will come back to Sesame Street the day after Christmas.Luckily the Happy Ending has a posse led by their father showing up, arresting the horse thieves and getting the kids back home in time for Christmas. After this they start worrying about being lost and not being able to get back in time for Christmas. A heavy rainstorm comes through which wipes out their tracks, so they can't find their way back home. Bush Christmas: Some intrepid kids chase a pair of horse thieves deep into the Australian outback.Not to be confused with Home by Christmas, where soldiers at war are promised the fighting will be over in time for them to go home by a certain date (usually Christmas), but the conflict ends up lasting much longer than anticipated. This is Truth in Television, as many people can attest to running behind schedule when trying to get to their family and friends to celebrate or having flights inconveniently delayed.Ĭan overlap with Road Trip Plot and/or "Stuck at the Airport" Plot. The holiday that the plot focuses on is most likely Christmas or Thanksgiving, since they are the most commonly celebrated holidays, but other holidays such as Easter may qualify. It will usually be a Race Against the Clock, with the punishment for being late being incurring their family's wrath because they promised to be home or missing out on all the festivities. There's nothing like celebrating the holidays with your friends and family.except when you're not there.ĭue to a convoluted series of events, a character is either far from home/where their family is at or stuck someplace they can't get out of on a holiday and they need to get to their destination before the holiday is over.
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