For years, we thought one thing was absolutely true: Die Hard was in the same category as It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34^th Street and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

A Christmas classic.

The festive deccos, THAT Santa hat, even Die Hard’s screenwriter Steven E. de Souza, without hesitation, says it’s a Christmas movie.

But, in news that’s nothing short of unsettling,Willis has declared that Die Hard is not, in fact, a Christmas movie.

The shocking announcement was made during the taping of Comedy Central’s roast of Willis, which is yet to air, according to Entertainment Weekly.

While it’s easy to write-off the comment as being tongue-in-cheek - it was during a roast – Willis’ management is reportedly yet to confirm or clarify.

So as the world waits, people like de Souza continue to placate fans with the argument that Die Hard is, indeed, a Christmas movie, going as far as providing this handy chart:

Here’s what the internet had to say:

Having a #Christmas get together? Break out a #Santa hat and put it on the corner of the TV. Put in a #classic Christmas movie, like #DieHard, the penacle of Christmas movies! Rules of the Die Hard Christmas drinking game: When they wear the hat: #drink#DieHardIsAChristmasMovie pic.twitter.com/mXBrIdhSCO

— Jason Burgess (@InfamousJasonB) December 23, 2017

I look forward to defending my future PhD thesis in film theory: “Yippee Ki Yay, Bruce Willis: #DieHardIsAChristmasMovie and the Autonomy of Art” https://t.co/XX7IsfWMBO

— Gavin Dew (@gavindew) July 16, 2018

I've never been more disappointed in Bruce Willis. #DieHardIsAChristmasMovie pic.twitter.com/17YDJcIe4h

— Bryan Keller (@lrockington) July 16, 2018

Is it bad that a just had a visceral reaction to seeing Bruce Willis saying Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie. #DieHardIsAChristmasMovie

— Kai Christiansen (@KaiC8957) July 15, 2018

Bruce Willis has said Die Hard is not a Christmas Film and now I'm not really sure of anything in life. #DieHardIsAChristmasMovie

— David Whiteside (@David_Whiteside) July 16, 2018

Dear wannabe edgy folks- just because a movie takes place at Christmas time, does not make it a Christmas movie. #diehardisnotachristmasmovie

— markymarkc (@_markymarkC) December 22, 2017

Who says #DieHardIsNotAChristmasMovie? Probably the same people who don’t believe in #Festivus #FeatsOfStrength pic.twitter.com/mKlyeHn89j

— Barry M (@barrymclellan) December 21, 2017

One last thing: can a "Christmas movie" have murder in it? No. #DieHardisNotaChristmasMovie

— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) December 22, 2014

If #DieHard isn’t a Christmas movie, why do I own this? #DieHardISaChristmasMovie pic.twitter.com/xzHbL4B62y

— Exhausted Kyle King (@KyleKingOnAir) July 16, 2018