The Burglars Are Not the Villains of ‘Home Alone’ and We Can Prove It

In 1990, legendary filmmaker John Hughes was putting together a to-do list for a Christmas vacation(!) when he jokingly made a mental note to not forget his kids. Then he thought “wait, what if I did leave my kids?” He abandoned his packing list to scribble out eight pages of notes that would eventually become the script for Home Alone.Hughes and director Christopher Columbus’s tribute to childlike wonder, the joys of Christmas and the value of family is lauded for getting many