Christmas Past

No Christmas story starts out as a classic. And the road to classic status is often a long one filled with unexpected turns. It's a Wonderful Life wasn't a big success when it debuted in 1947. It wasn't until a quirk of American copyright law gave it a second life on television in the 1970s that it earned its place as a cornerstone of Christmas cinema. Movie critic and author Alonso Duralde joins in this episode.  Links Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, by Alonso Duralde Music "Bipolar Christmas" — pftq, via SoundCloud "Wonder Cycle" — Chris Zabriskie, via Free Music Archive "Continue Life" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech "Luminous Rain" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech "Wish Background" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" — Don Maue, shared directly by the artist