We’re coming up on Christmas, my favorite time of year. Every year I get so excited to watch the greatest Christmas movie of all time – Die Hard.

The movie came out in 1988. Early on in the film, John McClane calls the police to warn them of the terrorists. The LAPD dispatcher notifies Sgt. Al Powell, who pays for his Twinkies at the gas station before going to investigate. As he gets into his car, he glances at Nakatomi Tower off in the distance. In the scene, a sign advertising gas at under 75¢ a gallon is visible.

In 1988, egg prices were about the same, averaging 79¢ a dozen. Surprisingly, at Christmastime in 2021, egg prices only rose by a dollar in over 30 years, averaging $1.78 a dozen. In 2022, however, egg prices started rising faster than Hans Gruber plummeted from the top of N

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