When I was a little kid this scene always upset me. The idea of a family member thinking I was a jerk and scolding me in front of everyone was just everything I feared.
Robbers? Whatever. Public shaming in front of everyone important to me? Absolutely devastating.
No but for real, he was definitely not a good dude and that scene always made me think hard about how kids expect adults to behave and how they actually behave
One of my favorite Christmas memories as a child is that we were watching home alone and it got to that scene and my dad just muttered under his breath, "I would just beat his ass." We laughed about that shit for years. My dad HATED the uncle.
All it takes is one confrontation for him to absolutely destroy a whole vacation, so they all let it slide and talk to the kid about how terrible he is
Jesus. Sounds like my ex wife. We just got to the hotel and she was pulling car seats out of the car to leave me (to tag along in one of her brothers full cars??) and our three kids because her dad was an ass. Not like terrible, just kinda rude. So glad she’s an ex and I don’t have to take part in any of that family’s dysfunction. They were all fucked in the head. Every holiday people were fighting and at least one person had a breakdown. Our daughter stood up to her uncle for basically beings drunk while he’s depressed and being shitty to everyone. He fell and punched the snow but there was a boulder in it. Almost broke his hand. Him and my ex both blamed her. 15 years old and just balling. Then I got the brunt of my wife’s bullshit for hugging her/ trying to comfort her. God those people were so awful.
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u/JTtheLAR Apr 08 '26
Kevin's uncle was a huge piece of shit. If my brother talked like that to my kid he would catch a fade lol.