Home Alone: Quick Facts

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Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone, wearing a red sweater with hands on his cheeks and mouth open in a shocked expression.

Macaulay Culkin as Kevin stands by a decorated Christmas tree holding a toy, while Joe Pesci's character peers through the window from outside in a scene from Home Alone.

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