Die Hard is a Christmas movie

My opponent, predictably, has argued that a Christmas movie much have Christmas be vital to the plot. He has not provided any evidence to back this assertion up, but I will attempt to refute this as best I can.My opponent defines 'Christmas movie' as "The movie must feature Christmas in the plot in such a way that you cannot remove Christmas from the movie and the movie make any sense". He argues that "If you change the dialog to say Holiday party and not Christmas party, and change every other time Christmas is said to New Years it still the same movie. You cannot this this with any other Christmas movie". This is a false argument, as I explained in my opening statements:"The movie's plot revolves around the Christmas party - McClane's timely presence in Los Angeles at the party is solely due to his attempt to reconcile with this wife, something that is clearly within the Christmas spirit. Traveling from New York to LA is something one would not expect in, say, Thanksgiving or President's Day. Moreover, the fact that essentially one company, and all its executives, are celebrating in the building, while the rest of the building is empty, is vital to the plot - it allows the terrorists to take over the building while also having a small, easily manageable group of white-collar hostages to bargain with. Once again, this is not something that would happen in any other holiday - Christmas parties might be the only company-wide party the whole year. It is a perfect chance to strike."Essentially, Christmas is vital to the plot. If you were to set Die Hard around another day, it wouldn't really make any sense. Companies generally don't hold corporate holidays on any other day besides Christmas, and people generally don't fly in from the other side of the country on other holidays. Moreover, the potential success of the burglary plan crafted by the antagonists of the movie relies on Christmas - in particular, a small group of people (including executives) being in a single floor, while the rest of the building is empty. The plan crafted by the criminals (the central conflict of the movie) would not work outside the Christmas season. The entire plot, therefore, relies on the Christmas season. Is it possible to create a generic action thriller around any holiday? Sure. But Die Hard is not a generic action thriller - if you remove Christmas from Die Hard, you don't have Die Hard, you have some other movie.My opponent's only other assertion relates to my fourth argument - he says that "As far as my opponent’s claim that, 'The fourth and final criteria is whether or not people watch it on Christmas.' I remind my opponent that Die Hard came out in July of 1988". This is a straw man argument - when the movie was released has nothing to do with when people watch it. Moreover, the prima facie argument my opponent is trying to make here (that no movie released outside of the Christmas season can be considered a Christmas movie) is incorrect - many Christmas movies are released outside the holiday season. Miracle on 34th Street - a classic Christmas movie - was released in May.[1] The Polar Express was originally released in October.[2] Are those not Christmas movies?My opponent's final claim is that "When my opponent makes this statement, 'an easy example of an 'alternative Christmas movie', they forgot a word, to. Yes Die Hard is a great example of an alternative to a Christmas movie... Just because it is enjoyable around Christmas does not mean it should be a part of the Christmas genre of movies". This is a bare assertion - my opponent isn't making any sort of valid point here, but simply restating what he said earlier (which itself had no real supporting evidence).To conclude: I have proven that Die Hard meets all the requirements of a Christmas movie. I have proven it takes place at Christmas, that Christmas imagery and sound is used pervasively throughout the movie, that Christmas is vital to the plot, and that people watch it around Christmas. My opponent has neither crafted a compelling positive case against it being a Christmas movie, nor has he effectively refuted my case. Accordingly, I have upheld the resolution, and a vote for PRO is warranted.References:1. http://www.craveonline.com...2. https://en.wikipedia.org...(film)