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

0:03 Kalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news Christmas stories. Good news if you're in Gainesville. They've announced the grand Marshall for the twenty twenty four holiday parade. It will be Shaquille O'Neill. Back in twenty sixteen, Shack made news when he surprised a group of children in Gainesville by playing street basketball alongside a local police officer. Shack said, it's always good to be in Gainesville. The street game with those kids really stuck with me. It's all about building friendships and bringing people together. I'm happy to come back to see old friends and help the city of Gainesville bring holiday cheer with a community parade. The raid is Saturday, December seventh. That'll start at noon.

0:45 Moving from West University Avenue in sixth Street, goes about one mile. They started this last year. The mayor said, we were overwhelmed by the community response last year. It exceeded all expectations. One of the biggest challenges for year two was finding a Grand Marshal to bring as much fun and excitement as Steve Spurrier in with Shaquille O'Neil. I believe we succeeded few gamers. You might want to check out the Legend of Santa, a two D platformer that, according to some Steam reviews, seems to be pretty decent. It's basically a reskinned Super Mario Brothers three. You control Santa through a variety of Christmas theme levels. You can jump on enemies, punch blocks, and shoot out chunks of coal when you gain the relevant power up the Legend of Santa on Switch e Shop October twenty eighth. In the UK, the Mayor of Buckingham invites children age to four to eleven to design their annual Christmas card, with the theme being giving at Christmas. The winners will be chosen based on their interpretation and clarity of the theme, creativity and originality of the theme, quality of artistic competition, and overall design and overall impression of the piece. The winners of the competition will be invited to join the Mayor on stage at the annual Christmas Light Switch on That One on November twenty eighth. In previous years, the cards have been so popular at the local tourist information center that they've sold out. Mayor Schaeffer said the Christmas card competition is a wonderful Buckingham tradition, and I'm really looking forward to receiving lots of different designs. Let me zag a little bit here and tell you about a woman in New Jersey who tried to smuggle nearly twenty

2:16 five pounds of marijuana in Christmas wrapping paper aboard Spirit airlines. Oh no, a canine agent signals to Customs and Border Protection. Hey, you might want to check out those Christmas presents over there. The cover story was that you know, it was close. The canine was like, yeah, no. The person in question was released on a fifty thousand dollars bond. And one of my favorite arguments in the world is Diehard a Christmas movie? The screenwriter Steven Desusa has one opinion. Bruce Willis, who starred the film, has a different opinion. I'll go first, Obviously it's a Christmas movie. Here's the case for Diehard being a Christmas movie. One it takes place on Christmas Eve.

3:00 John McLean goes and meets his wife at the holiday office party, which strangely is on Christmas Eve. I mean, what kind of boss has a party on Christmas Eve? What are you doing? Boss? John's wife is named Holly. Think about it. There's a lot of Christmas music in the movie. Some people even think it's a secret remake of It's a Wonderful Life, Right, That might be a stretch. Here's the argument against it being a Christmas movie. It was originally released in July, so some even say that if Diehard took place during summer, it would be the exact same movie. Of course, the Christmas party would be a little weird. In July, the screenwriter declared die Hard is a Christmas movie. That settled it for a while. Than In twenty eighteen, Bruce Willis showed up at a Comedy Central event. He said, die Hard is not a Christmas movie. Obviously it is. And those are your five good news Christmas stories for today. We're doing this on Saturdays for the time being. As we get a little closer, maybe we'll do a little bit more. You have an awesome day. See Monday.