The Vintage Movie Book Club- Home Alone

About this episode

Jimmy and Jen discuss Jen's favorite Christmas movie, Home Alone, and its book adaptation.

The 4th episode of The Vintage Movie Book Club sees Jimmy and Jen discuss Jen's favourite Christmas movie of all time. And the book that was based on it but released later, slightly. Our hosts discuss the differences, highlight why Uncle Frank is the absolute worst and set the record straight once and for all... just who do all these kids belong to? This episode was originally released in December 2025 but all episodes are now available on this feed. Music- Sweeter Vermouth by Kevin MacLeod.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jimmy, Jen

Topics covered

• Christmas movies
• film discussion
• book adaptations
• movie reviews
• family dynamics

Keywords

• Home Alone
• Christmas movie
• film discussion
• book adaptation
• Uncle Frank

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Home Alone

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