tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post2904222193318848039..comments2024-03-29T04:56:23.027-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: While I'm Away: My Top 20, Part 2Matt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-15114618673628593502010-06-26T14:48:05.264-04:002010-06-26T14:48:05.264-04:00I'm gonna give the win to Hans here. I don...I'm gonna give the win to Hans here. I don't know where I got the poem thing. I'll change it.Matt Birdhttp://cockeyedcaravan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-49676614592701924142010-06-26T14:35:35.983-04:002010-06-26T14:35:35.983-04:00For reasons I won't go into here, I've act...For reasons I won't go into here, I've actually done a pretty fair amount of research on the source material for <i>It's A Wonderful Life</i>, a short story called "The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern. It's true that he sent it out in booklet form as Christmas presents after he failed to find a publisher, but I've never heard it referred to as a poem. You can read the text in its entirety <a href="http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=132" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Wikipedia entry is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Gift_(story)" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12820873232636605377noreply@blogger.com