How do you make Charles Dickens’ iconic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge finding the true spirit of Christmas even more iconic? You add the Muppets!

Everything is better with the Muppets. It’s science.

Look, I’ll be honest; I’m a sucker for anything that has Seth Rogen in it. That said, Rogen in a Christmas movie was a sure fire way for me to see this in theaters back in 2015.

It’s the holiday season, so let’s look at some great Christmas movies!

And since this is a column of semi-hot takes, let’s look at the one movie that causes a debate as to whether or not it’s even a Christmas movie: Die Hard.

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yes, absolutely, it’s a Christmas movie, and let me tell you why.

During the COVID-19 quarantine, three friends and I decided to make a weekly ritual of watching critically panned movies. The only criteria being that they had to have really low Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes scores. And with that, hilarity ensued as the four of us texted each other in a group text and mocked the movies we watched together. So far, we’ve watched Blank Check, Mortal Kombat, Bloodsport, Sidekicks, No Holds Barred, The Main Event, Countdown (2016), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Batman & Robin, You (the Netflix series), and Gotti.