Typically, sequels are nothing more than a big cash grab playing on the memories, expectations, and even tropes introduced in their predecessors, but Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) getting lost in the Big Apple and spending the second consecutive Christmas away from his family (even Uncle Frank) holds its own as a worthy sequel.
This sounds crazy, I know, but there is an argument to be made as to which is the better Home Alone movie: the original 1990 holiday classic or its 1992 followup Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.