Audiences have wondered for years how the family in “Home Alone” was able to afford their beautiful Chicago-area home and now we know.

The Chicago mansion, which was listed at $5.25 million in real life and sold ahead of Christmas, has raised questions about the McCallister parents' careers

Just as Sex and the City fans pondered how Carrie Bradshaw could afford a rent-controlled Manhattan apartment all to herself on a freelance writer's salary, so too have Home Alone audiences wondered how Kate and Peter McCallister could afford such a massive suburban house in Chicago.

Insights from the film's director, Chris Columbus, over 30 years after the film first premiered. Home Alone Director Reveals How McCallisters Were Able to Afford Their House

Home Alone” director Chris Columbus is revealing how exactly the McCallisters afforded that stunning mansion, in turn debunking one of the running debates surrounding the Christmas

Home Alone director Chris Columbus has finally put an age-old debate to rest. In a new episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, the filmmaker shared some behind-the-scenes stories of making the Christmas classic,

In a podcast interview published this week, Christopher Columbus has revealed what Kevin’s parents did for work — a piece of information not disclosed in the movie.