Brace yourselves, everyone. It’s time for the annual argument of “is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” Actually, the argument is a lot bigger than that.
There are a whole lot of movies that get air time at Christmas that aren’t really “Christmas movies.” To be an actual Christmas movie, the feature should focus on the holiday itself – either the celebration of the holiday or the reason behind the holiday. Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Story, Elf, and the multiple versions of A Christmas Carol fit this bill.
But a whole lot of what we watch during the Christmas season aren’t movies that celebrate an aspect of the holiday. The reality is that Christmas is used as a plot device or a setting for the story in several of these movies, or is something that happens within the course of the narrative but doesn’t actually affect the plot. Now, I want to stress that these movies are COMPLETELY acceptable choices to watch during the Christmas season (within reason – please don’t let a five year old watch Die Hard). But there are a lot more of these movies than you think. Let’s have a look at some of them.
[We always watch Christmas in Connecticut and…I’ll have one later that NO one ever mentions as a Christmas movie, but it’s a beloved tradition in our house. ~ Beege]
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