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About the only Christmas film I watch every year, It's A Wonderful Life, can thaw even the iciest of cynical hearts. Despite its' sentimentality, there is something inviting and endearingly earnest about Jimmy Stewart's adorable energetic portrayal of George, the unhappy inheritor of his father's Building and Loans Company. George finds himself down on his luck and on the brink of suicide after a series of unfortunate and unforeseen scenarios. Cue the entrance of eccentric angel Clarence who, through a series of stark but morally uplifting vignettes, illustrates the positive effect George's existence has had on those he has helped throughout life. One of the film's most memorable scenes, that inspired the beautiful embroidery above, depicts George claiming he'll lasso Mary the moon:
If that isn't enough to warm your cockles, I'll leave you with the dulcet tones of the lovable indie pin-up, actress and singer Miss Zooey Deschanel in band She & Him:
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