Is Die Hard really a Christmas film?
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The Lord of the Rings films are also Christmas films, while we’re at it. Because they came out at Christmas.
I grew up with regular yearly Christmas films Zulu and the Great Escape as well as a bond film after the queens speech. Got to have the Alistair Sims Scrooge as well.
And Yes Die hard is
And Yes Die hard is
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'Zulu's.... Thousands of 'em!'
- Pvt. Cole: Why is it us? Why us?
- Colour Sergeant Bourne: Because we're here, lad. Nobody else. Just us.
come on you lot, you can't discuss Die Hard and Zulu on the bush craft chatter thread. It has to be Tarzan and Swiss Family Robinson. 
hoho ho! xxxxxxx
hoho ho! xxxxxxx
I went to Rorkes Drift once. I am massively into the real history of the Zulu Wars. Btw Colour Sergeant Bourne was only 23 at the time. His nick name was the Kid and he was 5ft 8". Nigel Green who played him was 6ft 4" and in his late 30s. DD xxxxx x
I had no idea that this was an issue until someone sent me this last month. I think it explains things.
Presents: yes
Christmas party which goes horribly wrong with the police being called: yes
Family dramas: yes
Ho ho ho: yes
Just wishing the day will end: yes
Ipso facto, it’s a movie about Christmas, therefore a Christmas movie
Christmas party which goes horribly wrong with the police being called: yes
Family dramas: yes
Ho ho ho: yes
Just wishing the day will end: yes
Ipso facto, it’s a movie about Christmas, therefore a Christmas movie
Thats a wonderful (life) line of logic there Chris
Snow, elves, old man with a big white beard…
No, the plot in the film has to be at christmas-time to make it a christmas-movie. That is the rule.
Criteria in what I think is order of importance
5. Does it contain “Christmas themes” such as family bonding? Seems the weakest and most subjective criteria
If the vagaries of broadcasting whim make something a Christmas movie by playing it every year over Christmas, does it cease being a Christmas movie when they shelve it for newer films? How many years scheduling converts a non-Christmas movie into a Christmas movie? This is why I think mere screening time is a poor criteria.
- Was it released at Christmas? Die Hard, no.
- Is it played on TV year after year at Christmas time? DH, yes (but would it have been if not for 3 & 4?)
- Is it set near or over Christmas? DH yes
- Is Christmas important to the plot? DH Yes
5. Does it contain “Christmas themes” such as family bonding? Seems the weakest and most subjective criteria
If the vagaries of broadcasting whim make something a Christmas movie by playing it every year over Christmas, does it cease being a Christmas movie when they shelve it for newer films? How many years scheduling converts a non-Christmas movie into a Christmas movie? This is why I think mere screening time is a poor criteria.
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So you’re saying Cast Away, Jumanji, Behind Enemy Lines and Jarhead are Christmas films?
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Does the plot have anything to do with Christmas? - No
Is it a Christmas film? - Of course it's a Christmas film
Does the plot have anything to do with Christmas? - No
Is it a Christmas film? - Of course it's a Christmas film
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