"The greatest of all holiday movies is "It's A Wonderful Life." If you haven't seen it, why the heck not? If you have seen it, then you know it's a touching story about how, as angel first-class wannabe Clarence Odbody tells main character George Bailey, "Each man's life touches so many other lives."

George Bailey, with the help of Clarence, gets to see how dark and different the lives of people in his hometown of Bedford Falls would turn out if he'd never been born.

This wonderful movie is the inspiration for the George Bailey Award, which goes to the Minnesota sports figure whose life has touched so many other lives.

There are plenty of candidates. "