It’s that time of year when for the entire duration of December (and late November) that you hear wusses from around the globe declare “it’s not Christmas until the Coca Cola ad has been on”. I call bullshit on this one, an ad does not dictate when Christmas starts for me. No! For Christmas does not start until I’ve seen Die Hard AKA the BEST GODDAMNED CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!

Yeah, you know the one, its the movie where a single cop (Bruce Willis) gets caught up in a terrorist takeover of a 40-story building. It’s NOT Christmas when the Coca Cola ad plays. But you know that part of the movie where John McClane has a scuffle with the nerdy looking German guy? They eventually fall down the stairs, breaking the guys neck in the process. Yeah? Then John sends the guy’s dead body down the elevator wearing a Christmas hat with “Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.” scribbled on his shirt? THAT’S when Christmas truly starts!

I’m a bit disappointed that it won’t be on Terrestrial TV in the run-up to Christmas, so I guess I’ll put the DVD in sometime before Christmas Eve.

Watching it on DVD is cheating! Also means that technically you could have Christmas starting in January!

Now that just can’t be allowed.

Benji Dude

Unless I magically pull a Sky subscription out of my ass it ain’t gonna happen.

Die Hard is on Sky daily at the moment, dammit.