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Here at The ##, we’ve decided to hire a new writer to blog completely unironically (via fighting meta-enabling), so without further ado, meet Simon. He’s innocent and unironic.

As I understand it the nice people here at The ## just want me to talk about things I like. Good, wholesome things. So for my first post I thought I’d write about the holidays. I know Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah and some African Americans celebrate Kwanzaa, but we celebrated Christmas.

Who doesn’t like Christmas? It’s like everyone’s birthday on the same day. Hanging our stockings that my grandma knit before she passed away, Dad reading “The Night Before Christmas,” setting out the milk and cookies for Santa (and the sugar cubes for the reindeer). Traditions like these make holidays special. My favorite Christmas tradition is watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

It’s hard for me to imagine that some people haven’t seen this great movie! Basically, George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) plays the son of a bank owner (a savings and loan) in a Bedford Falls, a small American town struggling through WWII. Born with a desire to travel the world, George unfortunately finds his family or the Savings & Loan needing his attention right when he’s about to go off to see the world.

He will eventually attempt to kill himself when hard times hit the Savings & Loan, only to be saved by his guardian angel (Clarence). He then wishes that he had never been born. Clarence grants him this wish, showing him his hometown as if he had never existed. After this horrifying dream, we find George desperately wishing to live again. Here’s the amazing ending to Frank Cappa’s masterpiece:

Remember, no man is a failure who has friends. Merry Christmas. Thanks for reading.

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