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The Art of Auld Lang Syne

In the last scene of “It’s a Wonderful Life”, which many of us have probably seen in the past few weeks, the gathered townspeople break into song, singing “Auld lang syne” and toast George Bailey, “the richest man in town.” He may not have had a penny to his name, but he had family and friends and had left a rich lifetime legacy of treating people decently. A legacy of being human.