{"id":30962,"date":"2020-06-23T22:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T04:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=30962"},"modified":"2020-07-04T15:51:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T21:51:06","slug":"yippee-ki-yay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/yippee-ki-yay\/","title":{"rendered":"Yippee Ki Yay and Merry Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yippe Ki Yay and Merry <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. <em>Die Hard<\/em> is back. It is a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movie. I knew it! <em>Mommy told me if things don&#8217;t turn out just the way you want them to the first time, you&#8217;ve still got to believe.<\/em> (Ok, that&#8217;s from a different movie but it still applies here.)<\/p>\n<p>What has so inspired me? This brilliant <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> song from Jonnie Common, which was released in 2016. I don&#8217;t know how I missed it. It&#8217;s brilliant. And it has restored my faith in <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> humanity. Listen and watch:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A-mMRZmUupw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Two years ago on I declared Bruce Willis and his movie <em>Die Hard<\/em> dead to me.<\/p>\n<p>It was the summer of 2018 &#8212; a different world back then &#8212; and Mr. Willis for whatever reason declared that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2018\/07\/16\/bruce-willis-says-die-hard-is-not-a-christmas-movie_partner\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Die Hard<\/em> is not a Christmas movie<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I knew that wasn&#8217;t true because it was Bruce Willis who first told me it was a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movie back before he made it. He told me personally, face-to-face.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, it&#8217;s obvious: this movie has <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music, <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> trees, <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">decorations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> presents, <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> foods, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> sound effects. The whole thing is set at a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> party. The soundtrack has <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> classics in it like \u201cLet It Snow\u201c, among others. It uses the phrase \u201cho, ho, ho\u201d and it\u2019s not about a trashy woman.<\/p>\n<p>So, when Bruce Willis made this declaration in 2018 I had to call him on it. You hear me coming off on Bruce on the <a href=\"https:\/\/merrypodcast.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Merry Little Podcast<\/strong><\/a> in the player below:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-30962-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/mlp\/mlpepisode28.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/mlp\/mlpepisode28.mp3\">https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/mlp\/mlpepisode28.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Now, we&#8217;ve been down this road before. It was four years ago that we publish <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/why-die-hard-is-a-christmas-movie\/\"><strong>this argument for classifying Die Hard as a Christmas movie<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But clearly something has to be done. I am certain that my anti-Bruce declaration killed Die Hard viewing for the last couple of years. I&#8217;m pretty confident I&#8217;ve got that kind of influence.<\/p>\n<p>So, with a generous heart that can only come from <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>, I reverse my ban. I am declaring, right now in the stupor of our pandemic-craze lifestyle, that Die Hard is essential <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> viewing once again.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we deseperately need this. Hallmark, as you know, is taking over <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> in July with their mass-produced brand of vanilla <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movies that all have the same plot, music and actors. We need Bruce back. And we need it right now.<\/p>\n<p>So we are declaring a watch party during the entire Christmas-in-July celebrations here on MyMerryChristmas. Die Hard is not only a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movie it is THE <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> movie that&#8217;s perfect for July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yippe Ki Yay and Merry Christmas. Die Hard is back. It is a Christmas movie. I knew it! Mommy told me if things don&#8217;t turn out just the way you want them to the first time, you&#8217;ve still got to believe. (Ok, that&#8217;s from a different movie but it still applies here.) 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