A legend once said, "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie! It’s a goddamn Bruce Willis movie.” That legend is Bruce Willis himself.

Die Hard star Bruce Willis has finally settled the debate on whether or not the film is a 'Christmas movie' after years of debates amongst fans.

First, the positives. Die Hard is a movie about a New York cop defeating a gang of thieves masquerading as terrorists on Christmas Eve. That’s the plot. Which isn’t very jolly, but we’ll let that slide.

There's no need to debate whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie when the movie itself already answers the question in the opening scene.

The lesson we all should take away from “Die Hard,” the ultimate Christmas movie? Our families and relationships matter and are worth fighting for.

This meant that in Bruce Willis ’ Die Hard, Gruber was the protagonist because he set everything in motion. The character was the one who devised the robbery plan, and without it, John McClane’s narrative would have been different. De Souza advised that “ if you’re doing genre, the protagonist is the villain .”

Is "Die Hard," a shoot 'em up movie with terrorists, really a Christmas movie? Lots of people think so. Here's how to watch it and make up your mind.

Story' star Peter Billingsley tells PEOPLE how he showed filmmaker Jan de Bont how ‘Die Hard’ has the holiday spirit