# Is "Die Hard" a Christmas Movie?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [December 2, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283 "2013-12-02T14:48:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283/662 "2025-12-16T20:04:07Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> It’s much too violent for a holiday film.

So is _Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale_, in which Santa is more like Krampus.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283/663 "2025-12-16T20:59:55Z")

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FWIW, on Celebrity Family Feud last night, one of the questions was “Name a Christmas movie people never get tired of.” Die Hard was #5, right between Home Alone and Christmas Vacation, though no one guessed it.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283/664 "2025-12-16T21:40:21Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> I live in California, and am also unlikely to get snow during the Christmas season.
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> Just sayin’.

Further proof that Godless California isn’t part of the “real” USofA and we’ll all be better off when it falls into the sea. /s

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283/665 "2025-12-16T21:43:06Z")

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> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#):
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> Further proof that Godless California isn’t part of the “real” USofA and we’ll all be better off when it falls into the sea. /s

Both our comments also apply to Florida, so that works out okay.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283/666 "2025-12-16T22:16:39Z")

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Only part of Arizona gets snow. Where does that leave us?

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