Home Alone[a] is a series of American Christmas family comedy films originally created by John Hughes.

The films revolve around the adventures of children who find themselves alone during the holiday season, faced with the challenge of defending their family's house or themselves from invading burglars and criminals.

Home Alone is primarily a coming-of-age story about an eight-year-old boy named Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin).

While his parents realize their mistake and scramble to get back to the United States, Harry and Marv, a pair of thieves known as the "Wet Bandits", attempt to burglarize the house.

Now alone in one of the largest cities in the world, Kevin cons his way into a room at the Plaza Hotel and begins his usual antics, such as purchasing exorbitant amounts of sweets and junk food, or renting a limousine.

At the same time, four international criminals are hired to steal a top-secret microchip that can act as a cloaking device for a missile.

He devises elaborate traps and bamboozles the four crooks with the help of his pets and some intricate tripwires, all the while monitoring them with a video camera on the toy car.

[3] The film stars Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, and Eddie Steeples.

[4] The story centers on the Baxter family's relocation from California to Maine, where Finn becomes convinced that his new house is haunted.

When his parents become stranded across town, Finn sets traps to catch his new home's ghosts, but instead proves troublesome for a group of three thieves (McDowell, Mazar, and Steeples) who plot to steal a valuable painting in the basement of the house.

[5][6] By October of the same year, Dan Mazer had entered negotiations to direct the film, with a script co-written by Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell.

[7][8] In November, it was confirmed that the film would be shot in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, taking place from February to April.

[9] In December 2019, Archie Yates was cast as the lead, with Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper set to play antagonists.

[11] In July 2020, Ally Maki, Kenan Thompson, Chris Parnell, Aisling Bea, Pete Holmes, Timothy Simons, and Mikey Day had joined the cast.

[12] The film stars Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Yates, Aisling Bea, Kenan Thompson, Tim Simons, Pete Holmes, Ally Maki, and Chris Parnell.

A novelization based on the screenplay Home Alone 3 was written by Todd Strasser and published by Scholastic in 1997 to coincide with the film (ISBN 0-590-95712-0).

The objective is to escape the Wet Bandits while bringing all the McCallister's fortunes from the house down to the safe room in the basement.

The ad recreates scenes from the original 1990 film, where Kevin shaves his face, jumps on his parents bed, and decorates a Christmas tree all while asking the Google Assistant to set reminders for him.

[37] Ralph Foody, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern also appear in their Home Alone roles via archival footage.