Eight Irrefutable Reasons ‘Die Hard’ is Undeniably a Christmas Film

I can’t believe this is still a question

Credit: 20th Century Fox

I thought the subject was closed two years ago. In December 2021, Fanfare editor Eric Pierce wrote an article claiming that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie; three days later I wrote a rebuttal that should have settled the matter once and for all. Apparently, it did not.

I can only assume that the reason the debate continues is that two years ago I had only 2K followers, and when you remove the bots and my ridiculous Indonesian fan club that claps but never reads (I’m not even sure any of them speak English) probably fewer than 20 people saw the reasons I gave as irrefutable proof of the film’s Christmas classic status.

It’s 24 months later, and though Eric and a few others still maintain their stubborn stance, I have more followers to whom I can spread the Truth. In addition, I have discovered even more reasons one of the greatest action-adventure films of all time belongs alongside It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street in your Christmas movie rotation. Some of these showed up in the original piece, but most of you never saw those either.

1. A Christmas Setting. It should go without saying that a Christmas movie has to take place at Christmas, and the entirety of Die Hard…