Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.
Exhibit 1 - From Google: New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages -- but him.
Do I see Christmas party? Hell no. Yes, Christmas Eve is mentioned, but no Christmas party. Just holiday party. If this is truly a Christmas movie, Mr. McClane would be attending a Christmas party, not a holiday party. PC culture be damned.
If there was a Venn diagram of “everyone who claims Die Hard is a Christmas film” and “Anti-PC culture,” this diagram would very much a circle. I’ll leave a teeny tiny sliver, but a large circle nonetheless. This film doesn’t even believe it is a Christmas film. They don’t even put Christmas party in their description. It is hard for their Venn diagram fans to realize this fallacy.
Exhibit 2 – I can watch Die Hard whenever I want. A true Christmas film only can be watched from Black Friday through Christmas unless you are one of those Hallmark movie fanatics. You are then allowed to watch starting the day after Halloween. I don’t watch Elf come middle of July. I wait until a cold December night.
Like Home Alone, Die Hard can be watched at any time. Just because it takes places on Christmas Eve does not mean it is a Christmas film. It needs the recipe of a true Christmas movie like a sappy love story, douchy boyfriend, and some weird hook to the main love interest like a secret prince, time traveling knight, or the nutcracker the ballet, “The Nutcracker,” is based on comes magically to life. Those are all true love interests. Die Hard has none of that recipe.
So, get over yourself, Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.