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Stern, 68, says that the love for the holiday favorite is "overwhelming sometimes."

Why Home Alone star Daniel Stern won't be celebrating the movie's 35th anniversary in person

Stern, 68, says that the love for the holiday favorite is "overwhelming sometimes."

By Raechal Shewfelt

Raechal Shewfelt

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Daniel Stern is a major part of the classic holiday movie *Home Alone*, but don't look for him to toast it anytime soon — at least not in person*.*

Stern knows how much people like what's become a Christmas classic, but it's not enough to get him out to any events celebrating it, even in this, its 35th year.

"I don't leave my farm," Stern, 68, told PEOPLE of his Ventura County, Calif., property in an interview published Tuesday. "It's no offense to the movie. I'm just ... a phone call, Zoom call, I'm in. But... I'm a bit of a homebody."

Stern, of course, plays Marv, one of the two burglars — the other is Joe Pesci's Harry — who break into the home of Macaulay Culkin's character, 8-year-old Kevin, while the rest of his family is away. The most hilarious part of the generational favorite is when the burglars go through the precocious kid's "fun house," as Harry calls it, which he's orchestrated to have doorknobs hot enough to burn hands, a falling iron, and swinging paint cans.**

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Also known for his roles in '90s projects like *City Slickers* and its sequel, *City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold*, and for narrating TV's original* The Wonder Years*, Stern was candid about what it was like being part of such an iconic movie.

"I love knowing that everybody loves it," Stern said, "but, like, actual people come at me and say, 'We love it.' It's a little overwhelming sometimes."

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The movie continues to be enjoyed by fans of all ages, via not only streaming but repeated screenings on cable and in movie theaters this time of year.

Stern had an idea that it would catch on, but not like it did; that was too big to conceive of.

"I did know that it was a gem of a movie," the actor told the outlet. "John Hughes wrote the funniest script I've ever read. I mean, I was rolling on the floor, laughing reading it. It was so funny, but it was also full of heart and you know — the kid and the neighbor saves him and he and the mother reunite ... I mean it was so emotional."

Daniel Stern attends a 2020 event.

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The emotion comes in when Kevin's family, who've left him at home accidentally, attempt to get back to him before Christmas.

The original *Home Alone* had one sequel with the same cast — *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York *also* *notably costarred the fabulous Tim Curry — then several others with new actors. But Culkin explained in November that he has an idea for a new installment.

His character would be "either a widower or a divorcee" who's raising a kid, Culkin said at an anniversary event in Long Beach, Calif., per PEOPLE. "I'm working really hard and I'm not really paying enough attention and the kid is kind of getting miffed at me and then I get locked out."

He added that the son is "the one setting traps for me," and "the house is some sort of metaphor for our relationship."

*Home Alone *is streaming on Hulu and Disney+.**

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