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      • The basic narrative situation of Die Hard is a man returning to his family for Christmas. His wife is called Holly. It takes place on Christmas Eve. Not Thanksgiving or the Fourth of July.
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  2. Dec 1, 2022 · Die Hard takes place on Christmas Eve. There are holiday parties. There are Santa jokes. There’s festive cheer and machine guns and songs and an ending wherein all conflict is resolved.

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  3. Aug 20, 2023 · The film takes place entirely on Christmas Eve as Willis' Bruce McClane aims to reunite with his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) at her company's Christmas party. Its Christmas setting has spurred endless debate about whether Die Hard can be classed as a Christmas film, but its final line suggests the filmmakers had plans to make a movie ...

  4. Dec 25, 2022 · The most straightforward case for Die Hard as a Christmas movie is that it takes place on Christmas Eve, which seems like a deliberate choice. Screenwriters can set a movie whenever they...

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    Christmas Eve (also known as December 24) is the day before Christmas Day, usually set in the evening. It is the day people in the Western Hemisphere put presents under their Christmas trees. The first two Die Hard films take place on this date and whenever a celebration or event is going on, it is interrupted by terrorists and only John McClane ca...

    Christmas Eve, 1988, Los Angeles, California: NYPD officer John McClane arrives at LAX International Airport and is greeted by Argyle. His Christmas gift is a big teddy bear who he might give to his children. Argyle drives McClane in his limo to Nakatomi Plaza to meet his wife Holly Gennero. As he arrives, he notices a party being held on the build...

    Christmas Eve, 1990, Washington, D.C.: McClane is at Dulles International Airport waiting for his wife's plane to arrive when his mother-in-law's car is towed away. McClane is then relaxing in the lounge when he sees two suspicious men hiding a package away from airport police. McClane follows them to the luggage compound where a shootout ensues. T...

  5. Dec 19, 2023 · Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? The fans' version. It's an incredibly split decision when it comes to the answer as many are still convinced that its high action content takes away from...

  6. Dec 16, 2020 · John McTiernan has offered up his explanation as to how Die Hard became a Christmas movie, but viewers may need to remove their shoes and make fists with their toes because there is much to...