We saw “It’s a Wonderful Life” on a December afternoon at the Bear Tooth Theatrepub and Grill in Spenard.
Everything went according to plan until just after George Bailey rescued his guardian angel from the raging waters near Bedford Falls and George and Clarence dried out in the caretaker’s shed.
Perhaps one or two people in the audience had not seen the film before. They didn’t understand why the people in the seats gasped when the very next moment of the film showed Jimmy Stewart running through the snowy streets of Bedford Falls screaming Merry Christmas. He was overjoyed for no apparent reason…