Macaulay Culkin may be forever linked to Christmas thanks to Home Alone, but his latest holiday-season opinion is landing him on the wrong side of one of pop culture’s most sacred debates.
In a viral TikTok posted by Mythical Kitchen—the account behind Last Meals and Mythical Chef Josh—Culkin was asked the question that resurfaces every December like the ball of tangled lights pulled from storage: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?
His answer? A firm no.
@mythicalkitchenThe GODFATHER of Christmas has weighed in on the "Is Diehard a Christmas movie?" debate... #LastMeals #MythicalKitchen
♬ original sound - Mythical Kitchen - Mythical Kitchen“No, it’s not. It’s based around Christmas,” Culkin said. “Don’t fight—fight me on the moon. It’s based around Christmas, but if it was also St. Patrick’s Day, it would still be—it would work. But you couldn’t do, like, Memorial DayHome Alone, no. It doesn’t work that way. I’m just sayin’. Look, I’m kind of the Godfather of Christmas nowadays, so yes, my opinion has some sway in this.”
That “Godfather of Christmas” line may have been tongue-in-cheek (was it?), but fans in the comments were not feeling particularly jolly about the rest.
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Commenters wasted no time dismantling Culkin’s logic—often by turning his own filmography against him.
One viewer summed it up succinctly: “Die Hard is just Home Alone with firearms.”
Another pointed directly at the film’s premise: “Keep in mind the plot only happens because McClane travels to reunite with his family for CHRISTMAS.”
Others leaned fully into the comparison game. “Home Alone is a Die Hard movie,” one commenter joked, while another asked, “Isn’t Die Hard basically a rated R version of Home Alone?”
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Several fans also noted that Culkin’s argument about Home Alone not working outside Christmas doesn’t quite hold up. “Kevin’s family could still leave him for a weekend for Memorial weekend while they went to a lake house and the house gets robbed,” one commenter wrote. Another added, “You could very easily do Home Alone during any other holiday where a lot of people go away on vacation.”
One particularly thorough response cut straight to the heart of the debate: “People are allowed to think Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie (they’re wrong), but strictly using his own logic, he’s even more wrong. Not only could Home Alone work with another holiday or no holiday at all, but Christmas is just as significant to the story and themes of Die Hard as it is Home Alone.”
Why This Debate Will Never Die (Hard)
Die Hard, released in 1988, follows New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) as he visits Los Angeles to reconcile with his estranged wife at her company’s Christmas party—an event that becomes the catalyst for the entire film. Snow may be replaced with falling glass, but Christmas music, decorations, and themes of family reconciliation are baked into the entire movie.
Home Alone, which hit theaters in 1990, similarly uses Christmas as its backdrop, not its engine. Kevin McCallister’s family vacation, the burglars’ timing, and even the emotional resolution could theoretically happen during any long holiday break. Perhaps the argument holds more water if Marley (Roberts Blossom) was the protagonist and the movie was about him sneaking in to watch his granddaughter's Christmas service choir practice because he and his son are estranged. That hinges more on the specific ho-ho-holiday than the Wet Bandits.
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That hasn’t stopped the internet from declaring them cinematic cousins anyway.
As one commenter put it bluntly: “If Home Alone is a Christmas movie, Die Hard is just that in an adult form.”
One could argue that "Keep the change, ya filthy animal" is just "Yippee kay-yay, motherf--ker" for kids.
'Keep the Change, Ya Filthy Animal'
To be fair, a small contingent agreed with Culkin. “There is definitely a Christmas spirit in Home Alone. Which there is not in Die Hard,” one wrote. Another chimed in, “Thank you, it is not a Christmas movie.” A few simply celebrated that someone finally said it out loud.
But judging by the comment section—and decades of December rewatch traditions—this debate isn’t going anywhere.
Whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not, one thing is clear: Macaulay Culkin has officially entered the chat, and the holiday discourse may never recover ??.
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