In Home Alone, the McCallister family went to Paris for the Christmas holidays. The 1990 film begins as the large family prepares to fly from the Chicago area to Paris, accidentally leaving eight-year-old Kevin behind at home.
The mistake happens after a chaotic night and a power outage reset the household alarm clocks. The family oversleeps and rushes to the airport, wrongly believing everyone has made it onto the trip. Kevin wakes up alone and initially thinks his wish for his family to disappear has come true.
The Paris trip is the event that sets the entire story in motion. After realizing Kevin has been left behind, his mother Kate tries to return to Chicago, but holiday flights are booked. She eventually travels part of the way with Gus Polinski and his polka band, while the rest of the family remains in Paris until they can secure a flight home.
Home Alone was directed by Chris Columbus, written and produced by John Hughes, and released in 1990. Its fictional destination is sometimes confused with the location of the house, which is in a Chicago suburb rather than Paris.