{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"A Wonderful Diehard Christmas - TWB62","description":"My attempt to find some correlation between Die Hard and It's A Wonderful Life. They said it would be impossible, challenge accepted!   John McClain, a New York cop visiting Los Angeles for the holidays stumbles upon a band of would-be terrorists who take over the building of his wife's employer. Only true fans consider Die Hard a Christmas movie. Headshots and maniacal Germans; it\u2019s not exactly the true definition of a holiday movie. The movie is rated R but so is Love Actually and we love that raunch-laden film.  Try to sell Diehard to a family undecided on what to watch after dinner and unwrapping present and you're sure to be outvoted and stuck with watching the same ol\u2019 classics from the early age of black and white film.     Classics such as A Christmas Carol (1938), Scrooge (1935), and A Miracle on 34th Street (1947) are the instant go to movies for the genre neutral family dynamics. These are grade A movies with wholesome storylines that really bring forth the true meaning of Christmas and goodwill to all humans.     Not to be left off this list of ol' timely classics is It\u2019s A Wonderful Life (1946). A film about a man, George Bailey played by James Stewart who had his lifelong dreams and ambitions derailed by his duty to family, friends, and an unpromising future. But besides the obvious differences of technicolor, guns, and Paul Gleason,  Die Hard is no less the feel-good holiday movie of It\u2019s a Wonderful Life and should be on the must-watch list of every family who celebrates Christmas. So, if you're the only hope standing between a boring evening of watching feel-good movies of the 1940's, I urge you to stick to your guns and put your foot on grandma's neck. Give that old gal a sip of whiskey and walk her to that favorite and have her enjoy some holiday action with Bruce Willis as the Cowboy Who Saves Christmas for all.          ","author_name":"Talking With Burritos","author_url":"https:\/\/www.talkingwithburritos.com","html":"