Where Christmas Vacation and It’s a Wonderful Life Meet
You might think that Christmas Vacation and It’s a Wonderful Life have very little, if anything in common. After all, Christmas Vacation is a truly hilarious comedy, and It’s a Wonderful Life is known as a poignant and classic Christmas movie. So, where do the two meet?
Remember the banister in It’s a Wonderful Life? Both Clark and George struggle with a newel post cap on their banisters. So when Clark saws his off it’s a nod to George Bailey. The truly shrewd viewer may have also noticed that Russ was watching It’s a Wonderful Life when his grandparents arrived for the holidays.