Where do you fall in this debate?
No matter where you fall in the debate, you just have to admit, it really seems like a Christmas movie. Media articles now post every year about the debate. The film was not released around Christmas; it came out in July. But it takes place during Christmas. There is a illustrated book, “A Die Hard Christmas.” The entirety of “Die Hard” takes place during the holiday, not just the final reel, like “White Christmas.” It has three Christmas songs — “Let It Snow,” “Winter Wonderland” and “Christmas in Hollis” — to two in “White Christmas.” The studio said that the Bruce Willis action flick “Die Hard,” which it distributed years ago, is not just any Christmas story, but also “the greatest Christmas story ever told.”
Google trends show that searches for “Die Hard” and “Christmas” spike every December. The debate over whether “Die Hard” is a Christmas story has raged for years. What was perhaps once a tongue-in-cheek pushback to the G-rated fare the holiday season has typically been known for, has helped give the movie an unmistakable association with the holidays. Bruce Willis has weighed in: “Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. It’s a g–d— Bruce Willis movie,” he said in July.
-Dylan
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