Die Hard is a Christmas Movie

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Danl said:
Shots fired????? WTF???

I like what I like. If you don't, oh well.
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It's no big deal, but I'm saying you insulted half the country with your synapses comment. Just teasing you a little for that.
 
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My favorite non Christmas Christmas movies are probably Just Friends, Gremlins, In Bruges, and Iron Man 3 .
 
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n_huffhines said:
Here's what I want to know....why doesn't It's a Wonderful Life get **** for not being a Christmas movie? It happens on Christmas Eve. It's about one guy finding happiness in relationships and community. It's wholesome, but it's so light on the actual Christmas side of things. Only a tiny bit of Christmas music. A tiny bit of iconography. It's part of the story, but it could be Easter. It doesn't even have to be happening on a holiday, and it barely seems like it is.

The entirety of Die Hard happens at a Christmas party. The movie is filled with Christmas music, iconography, references to Christmas in dialogue, Christmas-themed jokes about murder, etc. 😄
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Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, Home Alone, It’s A Wondeful Life, Scrooged, Die Hard and yes Love Actually. Can’t wait to catch $hit about Love Actually, but yes it’s a good movie. At least IMO .
 
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Aside from everything already mentioned, here are a few other Christmas movies/specials I love...

Jingle All The Way
A Holiday Affair
The Family Circus Christmas
Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol
Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas
8-Bit Christmas
Freddie The Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
Rich Little's A Christmas Carol
Santa Claus: The Movie
Christmas Chronicles
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, Home Alone, It’s A Wondeful Life, Scrooged, Die Hard and yes Love Actually. Can’t wait to catch $hit about Love Actually, but yes it’s a good movie. At least IMO .
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Love Actually is a good watch if your turn your brain off. If you really think about it, basically every relationship in the movie is very problematic, lol.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Love Actually is a good watch if your turn your brain off. If you really think about it, basically every relationship in the movie is very problematic, lol.
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The true winner was the British kid who went to Milwaukee in the end
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
The true winner was the British kid who went to Milwaukee in the end
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Yeah, it's pretty damning that the guy who only cared about sex and the couple who fall in love staging porno scenes have the healthiest relationships in the whole movie.
 
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SDV said:
My favorites are Home Alone, Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story. Honorable mention for Scrooged
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Damn we could hang and be just fine.

Nailed my list perfectly.
 
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My unwavering go to's each year...

Movies:

A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott)
A Christmas Carol (Reginald Owen)
Home Alone
Elf
White Christmas
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
A Christmas Story
Scrooged
Christmas Chronicles
A Holiday Affair
Jingle All The Way
The Polar Express
The Santa Clause
Christmas With The Kranks
Krampus
8-Bit Christmas

Specials

A Charlie Brown Christmas
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
A Year Without A Santa Claus
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Garfield Christmas
The Family Circus Christmas
The Little Drummer Boy
Frosty The Snowman
Freddy The Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
Rich Little's Christmas Carol
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol
Emmett Otters Jugband Christmas
Twas The Night Before Christmas

TV Show Episodes

The Andy Griffith Show (The Christmas Story)
All In The Family (The Draft Dodger)
Happy Days (Guess Who's Coming For Christmas)
Mork And Mindy (Mork's First Christmas)
Father Knows Best (The Christmas Story)
Little House On The Prairie (Christmas At Plum Creek)
I Love Lucy (The Cristmas Episode)
The Office (Christmas Party)
The Brady Bunch (The Voice of Christmas)
Cheers (Christmas Cheers)
Home Improvement (Im Scheming of A White Christmas)
Frasier (Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street)
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
My unwavering go to's each year...

Movies:

A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott)
A Christmas Carol (Reginald Owen)
Home Alone
Elf
White Christmas
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
A Christmas Story
Scrooged
Christmas Chronicles
A Holiday Affair
Jingle All The Way
The Polar Express
The Santa Clause
Christmas With The Kranks
Krampus
8-Bit Christmas

Specials

A Charlie Brown Christmas
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
A Year Without A Santa Claus
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Garfield Christmas
The Family Circus Christmas
The Little Drummer Boy
Frosty The Snowman
Freddy The Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
Rich Little's Christmas Carol
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol
Emmett Otters Jugband Christmas
Twas The Night Before Christmas

TV Show Episodes

The Andy Griffith Show (The Christmas Story)
All In The Family (The Draft Dodger)
Happy Days (Guess Who's Coming For Christmas)
Mork And Mindy (Mork's First Christmas)
Father Knows Best (The Christmas Story)
Little House On The Prairie (Christmas At Plum Creek)
I Love Lucy (The Cristmas Episode)
The Office (Christmas Party)
The Brady Bunch (The Voice of Christmas)
Cheers (Christmas Cheers)
Home Improvement (Im Scheming of A White Christmas)
Frasier (Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street)
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Good call on the TV episodes.

I watch Christmas movies/shows every year, but the only one that I make sure to watch every holiday is Always Sunny in Philly's Christmas special, and we watch it after the kids go to bed on X eve while we set up. We usually double-feature that with Bad Santa.
 
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Bruce said it wasn’t. I dunno.

Anyone find it harder each year to find time to watch all your traditional movies? I totally missed out on some this year.
 
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dave3171 said:
100% a Christmas movie
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No, its not. Bruce said it isnt, and his perspective counts the most! The movie could have taken place at any other time of year and its the same movie. Christmas, as a holiday, is not essential to the plot whatsoever.
 
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I just thought of a Christmas movie I'm not sure has been mentioned here in a while. The Ref with Dennis Leary. I hadn't thought of it in forever. I remembered really liking it, but also if it's good why did everybody forget about it? IMDb has a solid rating. I'll pull this one up next year during the holidays.

 
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