Chris Columbus, the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker known for his work on 1990 holiday staple, explained in a Tuesday, Dec.

Including the inanimate object used as a stand-in for Macaulay Culkin and the misconceptions about that spider scene.

Some interior scenes were filmed in the real house ... he kept his hands on his cheeks. “It’s funny, the iconic moment from Home Alone was an accident.” John Candy, who played Gus Polinski ...

but it certainly wasn't — I can't credit myself for giving him that direction," he said Macaulay Culkin's iconic "aftershave" scene in Home Alone — where he leaves his hands on his face for ...