British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie

Bruce Willis once said: ‘Die Hard is not a Christmas move, it’s a goddamn Bruce Willis movie’. Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Allstar

When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.

But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie.