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NEW YORK — Christmas may be over, but that doesn’t mean holiday movie marathons have to end.
When I was a kid, I watched the movie Home Alone and laughed so hard I rolled on the floor and cried. During Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, when Kevin McCallister used the audio from a black-and-white gangster movie (made for Home Alone) for the second time, I still makes me laugh out loud from the side. Separated from his family on vacation, he once again luxuriates in a hotel where he threatens to scare away hotel staff who become suspicious of his presence.
My husband and I watched movies together early in our marriage, and even though many years have passed and we are now adults, movies still have the same effect. Few films have endured as well from childhood to adulthood, and from changing cultural norms and taboos.
Few would argue that the first two Home Alone movies are timeless classics (not counting the sequels that followed). But with the growing number of millennials, one question that has sparked debate in recent years is just how wealthy the McAllister family was. I woke up and realized that all the houses were expensive. Not to mention large colonial Georgian houses like Kevin’s.
CNN recently highlighted this debate and provided the following analysis. new york times: The family’s home in a Chicago suburb is estimated to cost $2.4 million, and in 1990 Kevin’s parents would need an annual income of about $300,000 to afford it. This equates to $664,000 for him in today’s economy.
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CNN reporter Phil Mattingly said Kevin’s mother may have been a successful fashion designer, his father may have been a businessman, or he may have been exposed to “criminal activity” as a child. He pointed out a fan theory that his family had ties to the mob, as evidenced by “Kevin’s Violence.” .
We may never know. But I will continue to watch these movies every year with my kids. Let’s just say Hollywood won’t try to reboot these movies again like almost every other popular series.