During this season, I am reminded of one of my favorite holiday movies: the classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” with Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey.As the proprietor of a “building and loan” (remember those?) in a small town, struggling to make ends meet, George finds his life crashing down around him. His absent-minded uncle loses the cash the building and loan owes to the bank (actually, the money is stolen by the antagonist, wealthy power broker and town curmudgeon, Henry F. Potter, who wants …