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A Very Die Hard Christmas

"What is the greatest Christmas movie of all time?"  Why Die Hard of course, followed closely by The Ref , and yet this year, for some inexplicable reason, it seems people have begun to question Die Hard 's status as a Christmas movie. I imagine this is just some attempt to troll people who don't think A Christmas Story or It's a Wonderful Life should be in the top spot, but it's been a while since I wrote a post and it's a good a reason as any.  The fact is Die Hard is unquestionably a Christmas movie. Critics of this classification boil their argument down to two points: 1. Die Hard  was not released around/marketed towards Christmas 2. Die Hard  is not about Christmas That first one seems reasonable enough, except for the fact that the release and marketing of a movie are not bound by what's in the movie or by the people who made the movie.  For example, Miracle on 34th Street ,  a film I doubt anyone would question is a "Christmas