A holiday semi-tradition in the United States is watching the classic Frank Capra film It’s a Wonderful Life. The film stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has sacrificed his dreams to help others, but is driven to the point of suicide by a series of events threatening his life and livelihood. Just as he is ready to call it quits, a guardian angel appears to help him see the value of his life. The angel is a bit of a bungler, who needs to earn his wings, so he was sent to help George Bailey in his hour of crisis. Depressed, Bailey says he wishes he had never been born. The angel grants him that wish, showing him what life would be like if he had not been born. All of a sudden, George Bailey is a stranger in his own town, which he barely recognizes because it is so seedy and depressed.