For the past 34 years, a never-ending debate has come up about this time every year.

I must confess I've never been a part of it, but other people on our team have.

And that is, the enduring question is Die Hard a Christmas movie.

It is a hotly debated topic.

I think partly because people don't want the topic to die.

They just like talking about the movie and whether or not it's a Christmas movie.

Either you think it's a Christmas movie or you don't.

There is no in between, I'm told.

I haven't actually seen the movie.

No, I haven't. Some people say it. I haven't actually seen a movie. No, I haven't.

Some people say it's an action movie that takes place at Christmas, and others say it's

an action-packed Christmas movie.

You're welcome to weigh in by email if you'd like.

Ramon, where are you on all this?

I forget.

Christmas movie?

All right.

Apparently, if you've never seen the film, that'd be me.

It stars Bruce Willis as John McLean, a wise-cracking New York cop.

His estranged wife moved the kids out to L.A. when she took a new job.

So McLean flies out to spend Christmas with his family. He meets his wife, Holly,

at her office on Christmas Eve. While he's there, Hans Gruber, played by Alan Rickman,

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