[Missed Miss]

Every year around this time, my wife and I watch "It's Wonderful Life". I can't tell you how many times I've seen that movie. Watching it at Christmas has become a tradition in our house, like turkey dinner at Thanksgiving.

In all the years we've watched that movie, I've never teared up at the end (my wife always does). It's not that I don't feel the joy and happiness of the moment, I do, but don't get all misty eyed.

Well, last night, for the first time, it was different. My wife and I shared a laugh at my new found sentimentalism.

CK

I've pretty much always teared up at the end of that! I've also seen it dozens of times since I first saw it about 30 years ago. I usually save it for late Christmas Eve, though because it helps to put me in the mood just as Christmas comes waltzing in past midnight. Others I try to watch every year at the time are, "Miracle On 34th St." (the original with Edmund Gwynne and Natalie Wood), "Meet John Doe", "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer", some very old Abbott & Costello Christmas shows, "Better Off Dead" (It takes place at Christmas!) and, on Christmas morning, "The Snow Queen" and "Alakazam, The Great" (which I haven't seen since Christmas morning in the early `60's and just found on YouTube a few days ago!!). I'm THINKING about adding, "Fast Times At Ridgemont High", to the list, too, because, it DOES take place at Christmas, too. Now, if I just had someone to share them all with.