Yippie-Ki-Yay,

Die Hard is always touted as a Christmas film.  But is it?  I've never quite understood it.  Don't get me wrong - it's a brilliant film and I can watch it over and over, but it's always seemed to me that the connection with Christmas is a sort of bolt-on.  It could just as easily be set at any other time of year with minimal alterations to the script and incidental music.  In other words, there is no intrinsic reason for it to be set at Christmastime.  I'm happy for it to be associated with this time of year, but don't see any reason why it should be.  What do you think?