‘Home Alone’ Director Knows How the McCallister Family Afforded Their House [Video]

Chris Columbus is weighing in on the McCallisters’ professions — and how they could have possibly made enough money to buy that house.

The famous Winnetka, Ill., mansion in Home Alone has been the subject of speculation since the movie debuted in 1990. How did Kevin’s parents afford that house — and afford a massive family trip to Paris around the holidays? Columbus, the director behind the iconic Christmas movie, spoke onThe Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast on Dec. 24 about the decades-old question of Kevin’s parents’ careers.

The actual house — which sold just before Christmas— has five bedrooms and six bathrooms and hit the market at an asking price of $5.25 million. In the first film, in which the house is central to the plot and characters, one-half of the robber duo the Wet Bandits, Harry (Joe Pesci), says he originally started “working this street” for the …