IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE IS ON THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE'S LIST OF "100 GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE" (COMING IN AT #11) AND WAS VOTED THE #1 SPOT ON THE LIST OF "MOST INSPIRING MOVIES OF ALL-TIME". TO ALL OF US NOW, THE FILM SEEMS AS MUCH A PART OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AS SANTA CLAUS, EGG NOG, GIFT-GIVING, AND KISSING UNDER THE MISTLETOE.
BUT MUCH LIKE THE WIZARD OF OZ AND CITIZEN KANE, THE MOST BELOVED CHRISTMAS MOVIE OF ALL-TIME WAS A DISAPPOINTING BOX OFFICE FLOP WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED. IN FACT, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE MAY JUST HAVE SAILED AWAY, OUT OF OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS, BUT FOR TELEVISION AND THE MAGIC OF RERUNS.
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