A Christmas Classic

During this Christmas season, it's easy to think fondly back to holiday classics such as "It's a Wonderful Life", "A Christmas Story" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." But often times we overlook a gem of a holiday film. If you didn't recognize the picture from above, I'm talking about "Die Hard" from 1988.



Because this movie succeeds as an action film, it is often forgotten as a Christmas movie. The reason it works well as a Christmas flickis because like all great holiday films, it's about the power of giving and the importance of being with the ones you love at Christmas. And as everybody knows, there are always complications. Flights get delayed, the store is sold out of the gift someone needs to survive, the cornbread gets burned, you know the deal. All these roadblocks are represented in this guy the terrorist Hans Gruber:
In his first feature film role, Alan Rickman(who would perfect this weasly character by playing Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films) nails the role of the nefarious villain who stands in the way of the good guy John McClane.
Over the course of the film, McClane uses various Christmas related supplies including Santa Hats, gift wrapping tape, and sub-machine guns to save his wife and family (and many other hostages) from the forces of the world that hamper our Christmas enjoyment.

So, it may have higher body count than "It's a Wonderful Life" (Hey that film has suicidal thoughts, "Die Hard" just has evil Eastern European bad guys), but you are looking to snuggle down with an exciting film while the yule log burns, "Die Hard" consistently delivers the goods. Merry Christmas.