People debate whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not as much as whether to have Brussels sprouts for Christmas dinner, a survey has found.
The action film starring Hollywood star Bruce Willis was first released in 1988 but it still divides the country, as a YouGov poll found 47% of people questioned believe it is not a festive film, while 44% insist it is.
A GB News poll of over 4,000 viewers said Die Hard was a Christmas film, with 67% of respondents voting in favour of the Bruce Willis blockbuster being labelled as festive.
The Oscar-nominated movie sees Willis as New York City police detective John McClane, who is caught up in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife for a Christmas Eve party.
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The late Alan Rickman played villain Hans Gruber, in his first feature film.
More than 2,000 adults took part in the survey, which also found there is a divide between men and women on the film’s genre, with 50% of men who have seen the movie saying it is a Christmas movie, compared with just 37% of women.
Bruce Willis Climbing through an air vent
The main reason people believe the movie should be a part of the Christmas catalogue is because the movie is set at a Christmas party (72%), while 37% of those who voted believed it fell into the action genre.
The survey found people debated the topic as much as whether to watch the Queen’s speech or not, and if they should have sprouts with their Christmas dinner, but they were only the joint sixth most popular disputes.
The sequel, Die Hard 2, was also set at Christmas time but in a change of location was set at an airport, but also involved terrorists.
The most hotly discussed things at Christmas, the survey said, were what time to open presents, at number one, what movies to watch, in second place, and who is doing the washing up, in the third spot, according to the YouGov poll.
The entire Die Hard franchise, five films in total, is available to stream on Disney+ from December 3.
