Die Hard is a Christmas (terrorism) movie

By Steve Hewitt, Associate Professor in North American History, University of Birmingham

The following article contains spoilers for Die Hard.

‘Tis the season – for office holiday parties, being jolly and the annual battle over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. For years, a tongue-in-cheek debate has swirled around the violent action film, which was released in the US in July 1988, 35 years ago this year.

The movie is set on Christmas Eve at a skyscraper in Los Angeles, where Japanese conglomerate the Nakatomi Corporation is holding an office party…

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