"It's based around Christmas, but if it was also St. Patrick's Day, it would still work. But you couldn't do Memorial Day Home Alone. It doesn't work that way."
"I'm kind of the godfather of Christmas nowadays, so my opinion kind of has some sway,"
Die Hard is based around Christmas but its plot could function during any holiday, so it does not qualify as an inherently Christmas movie. The film's action-oriented narrative and hostage-rescue premise remain effective regardless of the festive backdrop. By contrast, Home Alone relies on the Christmas setting for emotional stakes, family dynamics, and plot mechanics, and would lose those elements if relocated to a holiday like Memorial Day. The distinction rests on whether a film's core premise depends on the holiday itself versus simply using the holiday as temporal setting. Public conversation continues about classification based on those criteria.
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