During Christmas festivities, there is one thing among the gifts, holiday cookies, and music that is perfect for the season: Christmas Movies! Whether it be the sheer hilarity of Jim Carrey in The Grinch, the Sweetness of The Polar Express, or the long debate over whether The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween Movie or a Christmas Movie, holiday movies are fun to have around. However, among all of these movies, there is one that is a certified classic, that will continue to stand the test of time

: Home Alone. It’s fun, clever, and is weirdly painful to watch yet stands as a hilarious comedy. So, if you put two of these movies against one another – say, Home Alone and The Polar Express, which movie is better?

The facts are present and they are clear: Home Alone takes the cake, or..Gingerbread.  

In Home Alone, 8 Year old Kevin Mcallister (Macaulay Caulkin) is left home – alone – on Christmas. While home alone, Kevin must defend his house against two burglars who plot to break in. In The Polar Express, children board a mysterious train headed towards the north pole on Christmas eve.

The main reason for Home Alone’s victory would be the top story! The characters are likeable, funny, and interesting. You either root for them or against them. Whether it be Macaulay Caulkin’s ability to be both adorable and terrifying at the same time, His neighbors sentimental story, the idiocy of The Wet Bandits, or the determination of his mother who will stop at nothing to get back to her son. While Polar Express is a sweet holiday movie, I’ll take Macaulay Caulkin slapping his cheeks with aftershave any day.

Home Alone hits you in the feels, Keeps you on the edge of your seat, and makes you laugh till your face is sore. Who would’ve known that watching two buffoons get repeatedly duped by a child would be so entertaining. Home Alone teaches you a lesson of goodwill. It teaches you to not judge a book by its cover, and to not take things for granted.