Tuesday, December 16, 2025 5:56PM
WINNETKA, Ill. — “Home Alone” is one of the most popular Christmas movies of all time.
The holiday classic debuted 35 years ago. Now, the iconic suburban Chicago house featured in the film is in the spotlight, again.
It underwent an interior renovation and was sold earlier this year.
Now, our sister station WLS-TV has learned that it will be transformed back to the way it looked in 1990, when film audiences got to peek inside it for the first time.
John Abendshien is the former owner of the Winnetka, Illinois, home. He has fond memories of the days spent filming the movie.
Abendshien said he and his family stayed and watched while the movie was being shot.
He has written a memoir called “Home but Alone No More.”
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