Home Alone: A Holiday Classic

Kevin McCallister was only eight years old when he defended his house from burglars using paint cans

and toy cars. The movie Home Alone came out in 1990, making it over 30 years old,

but kids still love watching it every holiday season. Macaulay Culkin, who played Kevin,

had to scream into a mirror over 20 times to get that famous aftershave scene just right.

The house used in the film is a real home in Illinois, and the family got paid only $20,000

to let the crew film there for months. The tarantula that crawled on the burglar's face was completely

real, and the actor was genuinely terrified. Home Alone became one of the highest

grossing comedies ever made. The pizza Kevin orders, a plain cheese pizza,