Every year, the debate around one classic action flick rages again as people ask: is Die Hard a Christmas movie? People want to know if the film, which centers around a cop getting caught up in a terrorist plot after attending his estranged wife’s work party, counts as a Christmas movie.
It does take place around the holiday season, and the work party is a Christmas party. There’s Christmas music, a tree, and lots of themes around family connection. It makes sense that people might suspect it belongs in the same category of It’s a Wonderful Life. Or maybe they just really, really love arguing about it:
I will mansplain to you why Die Hard is a Christmas movie all damn day, don't test me
— Emily Greene (@EmAsInMoney) December 7, 2020
Sure, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. So is Batman Returns. pic.twitter.com/btjZ5UHepo
— Irene D. B. (@dmIreneDB) December 5, 2020
Thank you, that was the annual take on "Love, Actually," tune in later this week for the holiday classic "Is Die Hard a Christmas movie"
— Todd in the Shadows (@ShadowTodd) December 6, 2020
SON: Why is Die Hard considered a Christmas movie anyway?
ME: Because it was the baby Jesus' favourite movie when he was growing up.
— FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF (@sofarrsogud) December 4, 2020
Tired: Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Wired: Spider-Man is a Thanksgiving movie.
Inspired: Film discourse should be illegal.
— Grant DeArmitt (@GrantDeArmitt) November 30, 2020
The film being set at Christmas is an integral part to Die Hard’s plot. Hans needed the reduced security + hostages from the party for his plot to work, and John is only in LA because of the holidays. It’s a Christmas movie.
— Josh Burton (@JawshBurton) December 5, 2020
Do we really need an answer? Maybe it’s more fun to fight about it every year, the same way we repeat fights with our family members around the dinner table.
Jimmy Fallon wasn’t satisfied with this cycle and tried t get a definitive answer. Who would the public trust? Well, since he had former president Barack Obama on The Tonight Show, he took the opportunity to ask him. Tell us Mr. President, is Die Hard a Christmas movie?!
“No,” said Obama. “It’s A Wonderful Life is a Christmas movie. A Charlie Brown Christmas is a Christmas movie. Die Hard is an action flick that happens to involve, tangentially, Christmas.”
Is #DieHard a classic 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨 film?! 🎄🎞️
President @BarackObama breaks it down in Obama Settles It #ObamaOnFallon pic.twitter.com/HVuGr3LRTo
— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) December 5, 2020
He’s not afraid to say what he thinks. Unfortunately, this declaration was not met with silence. There was an attempt at polling the public, and the numbers for Obama’s opinion weren’t good:
It’s your turn to settle this debate!
Die Hard:
— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) December 5, 2020
And at least one other world leader, Justin Trudeau, openly disagreed:
Look, @BarackObama and I agree on many things… but on this, we disagree because he’s clearly wrong. I’ll put it on the record again here: “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 6, 2020
Thanks a lot, Jimmy Fallon, for provoking an international incident over Die Hard. My personal opinion is that Die Hard is a copaganda movie that is also a Christmas movie, because at the end that police officer is given the gift of being able to draw his gun on people again. Just what Jesus would want. Merry Christmas!
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