In a couple of the deleted scenes, for example, Harry (Joe Pesci) impersonates a police officer to glean information from the McCallisters about what security measures they’ll have in place while they’re out of town. One scene cuts away from Kevin in bed at home to his family in bed in Paris: Megan, Linnie, Jeff, and Mr. McCallister are all lying awake, the implication being that worries about Kevin are keeping them up. You also get to spend a few extra minutes with Harry and Marv (Daniel Stern) as they cruise around in their van drinking coffee, singing a burglars’ rendition of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town,” and lamenting about how Christmas, in Harry’s words, has become “just another sign of the ongoing moral decay of contemporary society.”