Argeen and Hayk debate Christmas movies

Question: What Christmas classic is the best?

Hayk: Hey Argeen! Do you know what I love to do during the holiday season?

Argeen: Sit by the fire and roast marshmallows?

Hayk: Yes, but I also love to get together with my family and watch Christmas specials.

Argeen: Oh, I love Christmas movies! They’re always fun to sit through. What’s your favorite Christmas classic Hayk?

Hayk: Have you seen Joyeux Noël? It’s a movie about the soldiers in World War I taking a break from killing others for one day to celebrate Christmas.

Argeen: That doesn’t sound like a traditional Christmas movie though…

Hayk: It’s very heart-warming. They stop killing to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It is a feel-good movie.

Argeen: Even though I have never seen Joyeux Noël, I am sure Home Alone is much better. Everyone knows and loves that movie. Home Alone is an actual Christmas classic. It’s definitely one of my favorite movies. Macaulay Culkin is a terrific actor and made the entire movie a success; it made almost $500 million worldwide!

Hayk: Well, yeah, but do you wanna know what is seriously my favorite Christmas movie of all time? It’s something my family and I watch every Christmas. Starring the incredible Bruce Willis and directed by John McTiernan, Die Hard is the greatest movie ever created. It didn’t make as much money as Home Alone did ($140 million worldwide), but it is still amazing!

Die Hard is the greatest movie ever created. It didn’t make as much money as Home Alone did ($140 million worldwide), but it is still amazing!

— Hayk Martirosyan

Argeen: Die Hard?!

Hayk: Die Hard.

Argeen: But, Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie, Hayk!

Hayk: It takes place during Christmas Eve, it counts! It even plays the song “Let it Snow” in it. “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” God, I love that song.

Argeen: I’m pretty sure it is not a Christmas classic.

Hayk: What do you have against it?

Argeen: Nothing. I admit it is a very good movie and all but Bruce Willis doesn’t fit in with Christmas movies… I mean, he’s one of the best actors out there right now, but, no Hayk, just no.

Hayk: IT TAKES PLACE DURING CHRISTMAS! Just because there is a lot of killing in it, does not make it less of a Christmas movie.

Argeen: Why do you like it so much?

Hayk: Because it involves Bruce Willis and murder. Bruce Willis killing others is the greatest Christmas gift I can ever witness.

Argeen: Okay, Hayk, Bruce Willis is a terrific actor.

Hayk: He is.

Argeen: Die Hard is a terrific movie.

Hayk: It is.

Argeen: But Home Alone is still better.

Hayk: Die Hard.

Argeen: Home Alone.

Hayk: We’re civilized people, and if I say Die Hard is better, then Die Hard is better.

Argeen: Yeah but I’m Argeen, and I say Home Alone is better. I win. End of story.