Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

By Buffy Gorrilla

Published December 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM EST

It's a perennial holiday debate: Is "Die Hard" a Christmas movie? A Philadelphia theater group offers a live reading of the 1988 action classic just in time for the holidays.

Buffy Gorrilla

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