Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? The answer is obviously yes, and not just because it happened on Christmas Eve. The film’s underlying theme — overcoming adversity to achieve family reunification and reconciliation — is commonplace in holiday movies.
For those still skeptical, CNN’s Jake Tapper made the case on Twitter — and it rhymes a lot. Thread starts here:
“It was the night before Christmas
in Zhongfu Tower
when we come home story
start with brute force pic.twitter.com/WPxtQY6rmE— Jack Tapper (@jaketapper) December 26, 2017
The original post is from a few years ago, but Tapper added an update:
five years from now i want to revise this poem
To further the argument, I’d be happy to argue that,
About the most perfect Christmas action pot in cinemas –
But beware the following are spoilers
? ? ? https://t.co/4mA7X5V38p— Jack Tapper (@jaketapper) December 25, 2022