Oct. 26, 2024

Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? (5 Good News Christmas Stories)

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Johnny Mac shares five uplifting Christmas stories. Shaquille O'Neal is announced as the grand marshal for Gainesville's 2024 holiday parade, recalling a memorable street basketball game with children in 2016. Gamers can explore 'The Legend of Santa', a new 2D platformer. In Buckingham, children are invited to design a Christmas card, with winning designs featured at the annual Light Switch On. A humorous incident in New Jersey involves a failed attempt to smuggle marijuana wrapped as Christmas gifts. Lastly, the script writer and Bruce Willis debate whether 'Die Hard' is a Christmas film, ultimately suggesting it is due to its festive elements.

00:16 Shaquille O'Neal to Lead Gainesville Holiday Parade
01:04 The Legend of Santa: A Festive Gaming Experience
01:30 Buckingham's Christmas Card Competition
02:11 New Jersey Woman's Christmas Smuggling Attempt
02:40 Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?

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Kalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news Christmas stories. Good news if you're in Gainesville.

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They've announced the grand Marshall for the twenty twenty four

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holiday parade. It will be Shaquille O'Neill. Back in twenty sixteen,

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Shack made news when he surprised a group of children

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in Gainesville by playing street basketball alongside a local police officer.

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Shack said, it's always good to be in Gainesville. The

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street game with those kids really stuck with me. It's

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all about building friendships and bringing people together. I'm happy

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to come back to see old friends and help the

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city of Gainesville bring holiday cheer with a community parade.

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The raid is Saturday, December seventh. That'll start at noon.

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Moving from West University Avenue in sixth Street, goes about

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one mile. They started this last year. The mayor said,

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we were overwhelmed by the community response last year. It

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exceeded all expectations. One of the biggest challenges for year

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two was finding a Grand Marshal to bring as much

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fun and excitement as Steve Spurrier in with Shaquille O'Neil.

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I believe we succeeded few gamers. You might want to

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check out the Legend of Santa, a two D platformer that,

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according to some Steam reviews, seems to be pretty decent.

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It's basically a reskinned Super Mario Brothers three. You control

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Santa through a variety of Christmas theme levels. You can

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jump on enemies, punch blocks, and shoot out chunks of

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coal when you gain the relevant power up the Legend

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of Santa on Switch e Shop October twenty eighth. In

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the UK, the Mayor of Buckingham invites children age to

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four to eleven to design their annual Christmas card, with

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the theme being giving at Christmas. The winners will be

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chosen based on their interpretation and clarity of the theme,

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creativity and originality of the theme, quality of artistic competition,

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and overall design and overall impression of the piece. The

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winners of the competition will be invited to join the

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Mayor on stage at the annual Christmas Light Switch on

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That One on November twenty eighth. In previous years, the

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cards have been so popular at the local tourist information

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center that they've sold out. Mayor Schaeffer said the Christmas

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card competition is a wonderful Buckingham tradition, and I'm really

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looking forward to receiving lots of different designs. Let me

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zag a little bit here and tell you about a

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woman in New Jersey who tried to smuggle nearly twenty

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five pounds of marijuana in Christmas wrapping paper aboard Spirit airlines.

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Oh no, a canine agent signals to Customs and Border Protection. Hey,

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you might want to check out those Christmas presents over there.

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The cover story was that you know, it was close.

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The canine was like, yeah, no. The person in question

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was released on a fifty thousand dollars bond. And one

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of my favorite arguments in the world is Diehard a

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Christmas movie? The screenwriter Steven Desusa has one opinion. Bruce Willis,

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who starred the film, has a different opinion. I'll go first,

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Obviously it's a Christmas movie. Here's the case for Diehard

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being a Christmas movie. One it takes place on Christmas Eve.

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John McLean goes and meets his wife at the holiday

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office party, which strangely is on Christmas Eve. I mean,

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what kind of boss has a party on Christmas Eve?

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What are you doing? Boss? John's wife is named Holly.

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Think about it. There's a lot of Christmas music in

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the movie. Some people even think it's a secret remake

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of It's a Wonderful Life, Right, That might be a stretch.

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Here's the argument against it being a Christmas movie. It

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was originally released in July, so some even say that

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if Diehard took place during summer, it would be the

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exact same movie. Of course, the Christmas party would be

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a little weird. In July, the screenwriter declared die Hard

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is a Christmas movie. That settled it for a while.

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Than In twenty eighteen, Bruce Willis showed up at a

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Comedy Central event. He said, die Hard is not a

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Christmas movie. Obviously it is. And those are your five

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good news Christmas stories for today. We're doing this on

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Saturdays for the time being. As we get a little closer,

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maybe we'll do a little bit more. You have an

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awesome day. See Monday.