Posted on 12/14/2024 12:41:38 PM PST by dynachrome
On this very day nearly 17 centuries ago, St. Nicholas made history by punching the heretic Arius for claiming that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.
While church historians through the ages once believed that St. Nicholas' swift uppercut was in response to Arius' views on Christology, later scholarship confirmed that it was actually because Arius persisted in heretical attacks on Die Hard.
"Even saints have their limits," said Benjamin Hundre, an archaeologist and early Christianity scholar at Cambridge. "Arius just kept up his stupid little bit about how Die Hard was released in July, and how just because it was set at Christmas doesn't make it actually a Christmas movie, and how it's really more of an Advent story anyway... and ol' Saint Nicholas up and walloped him on the schnozz. A well-deserved bashing, I must say."
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It’s just not Christmas until...
That’s my Christmas list.
Since the Hussein/Biden Regime is giving away as much $$$$$ as possible, I just thought of a way to cash in on it. I will perform a huuuuge longitudinal study to determine, once and for all...
Whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
It will take yeeeears of study, gathering facts, evidence, spreadsheets and popcorn. We will form nonprofits and NGOs to establish the Center For Die Hard Studies. As each new generation is introduced to the glory of the season, more interns will be funded and diseminated to the four corners of the globe. Populations that have never been introduced to Die Hard will need access to the Information Superhighway. More grants and ongoing funding for Starlink access in remote areas.
Our company jet will be named Bruce.
What evil company has their Christmas party ON Christmas?
Hans Gruber should have won.
Worse, are those that deny the nonexistence of zebras in the movie “Ice Station Zebra.” One has to prove a negative, where the “absence of evidence does not constitute an evidence of absence.”
As a service to FR, I watched the original “Die Hard” movie last night (for the first time) as a test.
IMHO, Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie. It is an action movie complete with murder that takes place on Christmas Eve. That’s it.
There’s no Christmas cheer, no peace, joy, or hope.
It’s a BS action movie that was released at Christmas time, with a few very minor Christmas scenes in it. Maybe at the very, very end.
Doesn’t qualify.
Try Home Alone. Lots of Christmas in that movie. Lots. Even with the thieves.
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