It's a Wonderful Life - It wouldn't be Christmas without watching this movie. Watching George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has will always warm your heart.

"Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!" -Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey in "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946).

Now that the boys are a older and they can take direction a little better, we are free to add a little oomph to our Christmas card photos. And they know that I only ask them to dress up and take nice photos ONE time a year on Christmas . . . and at Easter which is really two times a year and also Halloween which makes three, but who's counting? I digress. So this year, I thought we might go with the theme It's a Wonderful Life - a crowd favorite that's played in movie theaters every…

I guess it was actually filmed in Seneca Falls NY, only an hour or so from home.

What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down." George Bailey, "It's a Wonderful Life":

Nothing says "Christmas" and "joyful" quite like an old black and white holiday movie, right? OK, I know what some of you might already be thinking: Black and white? Uhm...boring! I can't sit through that! So, let's address this before we get any…

"It's a Wonderful Life" letter from Clarence