# Is "Die Hard" a Christmas Movie?

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**Created:** [December 2, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie/675283 "2013-12-02T14:48:36Z")\
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> [@Horatius](#):
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> No, but it’s a pretty solid science fiction movie. Time travel and alternative histories?

_It’s A Wonderful Life_ is a mediocre time travel/alt history movie, but it’s a pretty decent neo-noir and Donna Reed is an underrated _femme fatale_.

_Die Hard_ is definitely a Christmas movie, and the [vault scene](https://youtu.be/ysd2r_-9dpE?feature=shared) set to Mozart’s “An die Freude” is the most celebratory Christmas scene on film. The sheer joy of Theo in cracking the electromagnetic door lock and opening the drawers with the bearer bonds is like a small child getting exactly that they wished for. And there is an argument that the film is [an unacknowledged sequel to A Christmas Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-christmas-movie-ever-die-hard/803827/22).

“Welcome to the party, pal!”

Stranger

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