A tourist goes to New York City for the first time. He has been waiting for this trip his whole damn life and is finally here in the Big Apple.
Visiting America has been his fantasy of a lifetime, and New York has fueled his expectations of what the United States or even America represents in his imagination.
And one can understand the reasons behind this: he has never lived in America, but America seems to have lived with him since he was a child.
And since we are so close to Christmas, movies like Home Alone help create an idyllic image.