Ist Die Hard Ein Weihnachtsklassiker?

Love Actually mysteriously went missing last night.  Alex blames this on me because since I moved in (after our first date, more or less) I have (rightly) disallowed any sort of display/organization of DVDs.  Sweetie, this isn't 1986 where we put our DVDs in a monstrous metal tower of tackiness to display to the world our taste and intellect.  (We use our vast collection of books and bookshelves for that).  If, Alex posits, he still had the organizational system of his swinging single life, Love Actually would never have been lost.  Whatever the cause, last night, instead of watching the previously-scheduled Love Actually, Alex innocently suggested we watch Die Hard, a movie he claims to be a Christmas classic.

I'm not suggesting, so much as I am pointing out, that it is an amazing coincidence that Love Actually went missing within 48 hours of Alex discovering that Die Hard is available from Netflix instant download and that I had never seen this cinematic masterpiece.  (I have, however, seen Die Hard 3 and the last in this epic series, Live Free or Die Hard).

Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?  Let's look at the Christmas Movie Criteria:

1. Does the movie occur during the holiday season?  Yes, the nail-biting adventure does take place on Christmas Eve.
2. Is some sort of hope that had been lost restored?  Yes, Bruce Willis realizes that his marriage can be saved.
3. Is overt capitalism shunned in favor of a more egalitarian ethic?  Yes, evil Germans who want to steal American stocks/bonds are destroyed so the common everyday man can enjoy the simple pleasures of family.

From the above, I can reluctantly conclude that Die Hard is, indeed, a Christmas movie.  

Also, does anyone else notice an evil German trope among Christmas movies?  For example:  Rudolph, where the North Pole is a fascist utopia, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, where Bergermeister Meisterberger will steal your toys and your wiener schnitzel, and now Die Hard, where evil German Hans wants to destroy American values as represented by Christmas.  I have no real conclusions to make from this startling evidence, but I find it note-worthy especially considering that the area now known as Germany is where most of the traditions we now associate with Christmas originated.  Hmmm.  

Warum, dear Readers, warum?