# Should I wait until christmas day to watch "It's a Wonderful Life"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-wait-until-christmas-day-to-watch-its-a-wonderful-life/562096 "2010-11-27T20:10:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-wait-until-christmas-day-to-watch-its-a-wonderful-life/562096/21 "2010-11-28T16:07:58Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > …and Fred McMurray. They were baddies in movies but somehow got cast as good guys on TV. Well, that’s a matter of interpretation. Certainly, he played the genial father figure on _My Three Sons_, but the frequency with which characters disappeared, suddenly and with only the most half-baked explanations suggests that something far more sinister was going on just behind the fake plastic brick wall. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-wait-until-christmas-day-to-watch-its-a-wonderful-life/562096/22 "2010-11-28T16:51:17Z")
God bless us, every one, but especially **Stranger**. :eek: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-wait-until-christmas-day-to-watch-its-a-wonderful-life/562096/23 "2010-11-29T04:48:48Z")
Watch it whenever you want. Comedy Central has been showing _Christmas Vacation_ a lot lately and I NEVER skip it. (I love that movie) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-wait-until-christmas-day-to-watch-its-a-wonderful-life/562096.md?page=1)