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What time of year was it set in?

posted 10 years ago by GMC100
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When McLean stops the shoplifting kid on his bicycle, the kid says "... It's Christmas you could steal city hall!"

Looks like summer by the sweat on McLean though.

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[–] jimmyboy1975 10 years ago

When McClane goes into the federal reserve, as he approaches the lift with the guard they exchange words and the guard says 'what do you think of this heat, feels like its going to rain dogs and cats', I'm guessing late summer.

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

And McClane mentions an Indian summer at some stage, so it is late summer, early autumn.🐭

[–] steelywulf 10 years ago

The opening song says it all. "Hot town, summer in the city."

[–] stevenackerman69 10 years ago

The kid didn't mean that it was Christmas time. He's talking about that it seems like Xmas where you get a lot of gifts, which is what was going on at the time, due to the heist.

[–] Evolution-X 10 years ago

I took it as late summer or early fall. The reason being that the department store said "Back to School Sale" on the outside.

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[–] Littlebitsofgaming 10 years ago

When McLean stops the shoplifting kid on his bicycle, the kid says "... It's Christmas you could steal city hall!"

Looks like summer by the sweat on McLean though.

Using "It's Christmas" in that context was just a way of saying (in relation to his stealing of all the candy) it's easy as all the police are doing something else.
Not that it was actually Christmas.

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[–] Ace_Sax 9 years ago

Early to mid September. It's clearly hot outside but kids have already gone back to school.

[–] Yorick_Brown 9 years ago

...No. It's impossible to be that stupid.

[–] mvitale24 8 years ago

He didn't mean it was literally Christmas. He meant it was like a holiday because there were no cops around so it's Christmas for the thieves since they wouldn't get caught.