SYCAMORE - According to one local woman, Sycamore has a lot in common with one of the most beloved Christmas movies of all time.

“Sycamore is just a wonderful life,” Daryl Hopper, the owner of the Sycamore State Theater, said. “Sycamore reminds me of Bedford Falls in 2012. That’s why I picked it.”

“It’s a Wonderful Life,” the Frank Capra classic starring Jimmy Stewart, kicked off the movie theater’s Free Christmas Movie series on Nov. 17. Every weekend through Dec. 23, the downtown theater will show a favorite holiday classic for free. The movies will be shown at 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and a different movie will be featured each weekend.