With events set into motion by a mad dash to find a last-minute replacement Kris Kringle for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) encapsulates the spirit of the season – whether its central figure is truly the man of myth or merely just a kindly old gentleman in the right place at the right time. For its timeless message of goodwill – now more essential than ever – the film earned a place among the top ten of the American Film Institute’s most inspiring stories of all time, as well as among the top five of the art form’s most enchanting fantasies.
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Dawn Hayes
I love this Christmas classic. Why can’t I find this film on a television network? No station seems to play it anymore?
MICHAEL MACDERMOTT
I see a parallel with 1950 Woman of Distinction. Independent career woman with daughter and Edmund Gwenn as “matchmaker.”