A woman who lived in the Home Alone residence when it was being filmed describes what it was like.

To see the house and take photographs and that was very new to us, but we grew to love it and we shared the magic of the movie,” she said.

Many of the inside images were really taken at a location two miles away, but the outside shots of the home were authentic.

Director Chris Columbus was unable to do the stunts inside the home because of the space required for the film crew, therefore the inside portions of the movie were filmed.

At New Trier Township High School, an abandoned building large enough for the production to put up the right sets and a sound stage.