'Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..'

It's Christmas, and time for family get-togethers. over-eating, the odd drink (or two), gifts & celebration etc.

My wife is a massive fan of Christmas movies (like - an authority on the topic; if they ever teach this as a subject, she should be the Department Head). 

These last few years however, especially with Covid restrictions, the traditional Christmas Eve bash has routinely seen a repeat watching of the BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVAAAAR !

Classic trailers, Damsels in distress, curly permed 80s hair, smoking (lots of smoking...like my lungs feel tired after this movie), MP5 and Steyr AUG action, German (but really Viking) terrorists in the 80s, terrible 80s acting (but at the same time awesome), every cop and bad guy stereotype you could wish for, CLASSIC 80s one liners (superior even to the classic 'Aliens') and PUT YOUR SHOES ON JOHN FFS! (did I mention the 80s?)

I hate going to work Christmas parties, and listening to corporates talk BS, but every year, without fear,  deep down, I kinda hope 'Die Hard' will happen ;)

Yippee Ki Ey y'all. Have a great Christmas. ...and of course, 'Welcome to the party pal!'

(Also worth considering that this movie came out in 1988. That's almost 35 years ago. Conversely, 35 years before it came out, it was 1953! The Second World War had been over for eight years, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, the Korean war ended, Joe Stalin died, the world was still in recovery after the war (some historians would argue it still is), we had no face-book, no blogs, no heavy metal, no carbon framed racing bicycles and computers used valves...).