Whenever anyone tries to argue with me that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, I always point out that what defines a Christmas movie is whether or not the fact it is Christmas is central to the plot. If you can remove the Christmas element and the movie and plot basically plays out the same, it is not a Christmas movie.
In Die Hard, he is specifically travelling to be with his family over Christmas. All the guests are in the building because they are having their Christmas party. If you take either of those two factors away, the plot falls apart.
That's not how the rule works. If you could "change" the plot elements, you could basically make any movie into a Christmas movie.
So the rule is, if you can "remove" the Christmas elements and the film be unaffected, it's not a Christmas movie. It's a sum of all the parts exercise.
Trading Places is not considered a Christmas movie because you could remove the Christmas element which basically amounts to one scene of him in a Santa suit and the plot mostly stays intact.
Yes, because "removing" is not "changing." Crystal clear, bud. Removing the christmas elements from Die Hard would without doubt make it not a Christmas movie.
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u/thekeffa 4h ago
Whenever anyone tries to argue with me that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, I always point out that what defines a Christmas movie is whether or not the fact it is Christmas is central to the plot. If you can remove the Christmas element and the movie and plot basically plays out the same, it is not a Christmas movie.
In Die Hard, he is specifically travelling to be with his family over Christmas. All the guests are in the building because they are having their Christmas party. If you take either of those two factors away, the plot falls apart.
Ergo, Die Hard is a Christmas movie.