A friend demanded yesterday that this classic Christmas movie is actually not a Christmas movie at all. Her argument was that setting the first and last scenes during Christmas isn’t enough to make a movie a Christmas movie if the rest of it isn’t set during Christmas. However, I argue in return that the theme of :asterisk_symbol:It’s A Wonderful Life:asterisk_symbol: is a wholly Christmas theme. God (or his angel) coming down to earth in the form of a human to save a human and show him his inherent worth is exactly what Christmas is. Snow and presents are ancillary. I would argue that there is no better Christmas movie—at least (or especially) when it comes to theme.
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A friend demanded yesterday that this classic Christmas movie is actually not a Christmas movie at all. Her argument was that setting the first and last scenes during Christmas isn’t enough to make a movie a Christmas movie if the rest of it isn’t set during Christmas. However, I argue in return that the theme of :asterisk_symbol:It’s A Wonderful Life:asterisk_symbol: is a wholly Christmas theme. God (or his angel) coming down to earth in the form of a human to save a human and show him his inherent worth is exactly what Christmas is. Snow and presents are ancillary. I would argue that there is no better Christmas movie—at least (or especially) when it comes to theme.