Paris is the capital and most populous city of France.
Involvement in Home Alone[]
Paris is the second home city of Rob McCallister, his wife Georgette, and their children Heather, Rod, Steffan, and twin daughters. The family moved to this city from New York City, New York during a summer when Rob had a job transfer as part of his promotion. However, Heather and Rod returned to or remained in the United States due to their studies; Rod was in high school and moved to live with Frank and Leslie, while Heather returned to Northwestern University to complete her college education.
Prior to the events of the the first film, Rob invited the McCallister family to come to France to spend Christmas with them and paid for their trip. They accepted the offer and readied themselves for the trip. However, Kevin was left behind by mistake as the rest of the family realized during their flight after having accidentally overslept.
Once upon arrival, the entire family stayed at Rob's penthouse while Kate remained in the airport, waiting on standby for an available flight to the United States. Later on, Peter and his children went home to Chicago on a morning flight from Paris during Christmas Eve.
Trivia[]
- All of the scenes showing the streets of Paris during Christmas season are stock footage.
- Rob's penthouse suite apartment was filmed on a soundstage in Chicago.
- According to the original script, the McCallisters disembarked at Charles de Gaulle Airport instead of Orly Airport. Both airports serve Paris.