Tis the season to be jolly. Yes, indeed it is. I live this time of the year. I now have Alexa playing Christmas songs non-stop. Actually, she’s playing a lot of ’80s music as well as nostalgia has taken a hold of me. In that vein, I needed to watch Die Hard this morning. I just needed to. I craved it, sort of speak.
Die Hard starts off with John McClane clucthing his armrest while landing in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. He seatmate advised him to make fists with his toes as a way to decompress. Have you tried it? I have and it works. After being advised of this technique, he gets off the plane and proceeds to smoke in the terminal. Yes, the movie is a bit dated. It was released in 1988, afterall. Within 15 minutes of the movie starting, John McClane notes that he didn’t know they celebrated Christmas in Los Angeles. Having lived in Los Angeles myself, I can tell you that they celebrate it out there with a different flair than what east coasters are used to. But there is whimsy in the air. One can argue that there always is whimsy in California.
However, despite the whimsy, I am most excited to be back in New York this year to celebrate Christmas my way. Storefront windows showcasing the season. Christmas markets springing up throughout the city. Christmas trees being bought and dragged throughout the city sidewalks. That is a sight. Us New Yorkers carry everything and anything on the streets snd in the subways. And, for that reason I needed to watch Die Hard. Well, for the love of Christmas.
Yes, Die Hard is set in Los Angeles but most people would acknowledge that it is one of the top Christmas movies out there. As McClane notes “now I have a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho”. That’s the spirit silliness of that movie. The movie is filled with Christmas lights, drinks and songs. Of course, the sound of breaking glass and machine guns is at a higher volume but the Christmas spirit is there. His wife’s name is Holly! And, he comes to realize he had never said “sorry” to her.
Regardless of how people land on this debate, I believe it to be a Christmas movie and I woke up to a warm comforter and some holiday cheer.
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psychologistmimi 
nice post!
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I keep hearing about Die Hard as a Christmas movie and am going to have to watch it. As to Christmas in New York, enjoy. We have always dreamed of doing this one year. Fingers crossed.
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I agree entirely. A number of years ago my new girlfriend brought her sons to my place in New York to experience Christmas. When I announced we would spend some time watching Christmas movies their faces sank. But when I put on Die Hard they were delighted and it was time for my girlfriend to be dismayed. Merry Christmas!
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“Whimsy” Smiles as the ‘Tarot Fool’ Will Dance
With One Foot Off the Cliff and One Foot On the
Cliff as Who is Afraid of Falling i am sure am so i Dance
instead.. hehe.. it was really Hard to Reach Halfway Around
the Globe in Public Dance Today but after 7 Hours of Effort
in Crowded Christmas
Shopping All Around
the Metro area the
Milestone is
overreached
as 12,457 Miles
Came to Exceed the
Needed 12,450.5 Miles
to Achieve that Featnote
in Celebrating Public Dancing
Halfway Around the Globe now to
the Rest of the Globe by the Age of 66…
Surely.. somEday i’ll pass through New York
And Los Angeles too at Least VicaRiouSly Hehe..
It’s true
i’m Die
Hard too but
more like the
Energizer Bunny
than any Movie Hero i’ve
Seen except Forrest Gump So far..
It’s Kinda Nice to be able to tell people
about my Asperger’s Syndrome now and say
Yes.. Like Greta Thunberg the Cover of Time..
Beats the Conjecture
About Asperger’s
Syndrome and
Rampage
Killings from
the ‘Adam Lanza’ Days
And that’s for Damn Sure True..:)
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There is much whimsy to be had on the road 🙂
Happy holidays
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Yes! thanks..
Merry Christmas🎄😁
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I love that movie.
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It is a great one! Cheers
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🙂
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