When a kind old man named Kris Kringle claims to be the real Santa Claus, a lawyer and a little girl must prove his true identity in court. What begins as a whimsical story turns into a heartfelt lesson about faith, belief, and the magic of Christmas.
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is one of Hollywood’s most beloved holiday classics, starring Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, and Natalie Wood. Winner of three Academy Awards, this timeless Christmas movie continues to inspire joy, wonder, and the spirit of the season.
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is one of Hollywood’s most beloved holiday classics, starring Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, and Natalie Wood. Winner of three Academy Awards, this timeless Christmas movie continues to inspire joy, wonder, and the spirit of the season.
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00:30Sorry to interrupt your work, but you're making a serious mistake.
00:48With Reindeer, I mean. You're putting Prancer where Dasher should be.
00:53And Blitzen should always be on my right-hand side.
00:56He should, huh?
00:56Yes, and another thing. Domus Antlis have four points instead of three.
01:03But I don't suppose anyone would notice that except me.
01:06No, I don't suppose so. Say, who are you?
01:09My name is Kringle. Chris Kringle.
01:12Well, glad I could be of help.
01:14Goodbye.
01:26You see, it's all in your wrists, like throwing a ball. Now watch.
01:31See?
01:33Mrs. Walker, that new Santa Claus you hired is wonderful. Where'd you find him?
01:36We answered the ad along with a hundred others. He is good, isn't he?
01:42Well, the parade's ready to start. You coming?
01:44I'm going home and get in the hot tub.
01:46I may just stay there until next Thanksgiving.
01:49But you've worked so hard on the parade.
01:50If I want to, I can see it from the roof of my apartment. Bye.
02:03Look at that big baseball player.
02:05He was a clown last year. They're just painting him different.
02:09My mother told me. She manages the parade.
02:12Wow. He's really a giant, isn't he?
02:14Really, Mr. Gailey. And you're a lawyer.
02:19There are no such things as giants.
02:21Well, maybe not now, Susan, but in olden times,
02:23like the giant Jack killed in the fairy tale.
02:26Oh, one of those. I don't know any fairy tales.
02:29You mean your mother or father never reach any?
02:31My mother thinks they're silly, and I never met my father.
02:36You see, my mother and father were divorced when I was a baby.
02:41Well, that baseball player sure looks like a giant to me.
02:44Come in.
02:46Hello. My housekeeper told me Susan was here. I'm her mother.
02:49Yes. Susie's told me quite a bit about you.
02:51Oh, she's told me quite a bit about you, too.
02:54The man in the front apartment.
02:57Hi, dear.
02:58The parade's much better than last year.
03:00Good. I hope Mr. Macy agrees with you.
03:04Would you like a cup of coffee?
03:05Oh, don't bother.
03:06Don't bother. It's ready.
03:10I want to thank you for being so kind to Susan.
03:12All part of the plot.
03:13The surest way to meet the mother is to be nice to the child.
03:16What a horrible trick.
03:19Susan tells me you don't approve of fairy tales.
03:22I don't.
03:23I think we should be realistic and completely truthful with our children.
03:27Not let them grow up believing in a lot of myths and legends.
03:31Like Santa Claus, for example.
03:33I see.
03:33The parade's over, Mother.
03:35The acrobats were good.
03:36Those prices, they should be.
03:38Mother, I was thinking.
03:40We've got such a big turkey for dinner, and there are only two of us.
03:43Couldn't we invite Mr. Gailey?
03:45Couldn't we?
03:46Oh, dear.
03:47Oh, please don't bother.
03:48I'll just get a sandwich or something.
03:50It's an awful big turkey.
03:51Oh, it's not that, dear.
03:52But I'm sure Mr. Gailey has other plans.
03:55No, he hasn't.
03:56Have you?
03:57Well, as a matter of fact, to be truthful and completely realistic with the child, I must
04:01say I haven't.
04:03Please, Mother, please.
04:05Didn't I ask her all right, Mr. Gailey?
04:08Well, that all depends.
04:13Dinner's at three o'clock.
04:14Susan, you're asked just right.
04:30Before those screaming brats arrive, I want to give you a few pointers on how to be a good
04:34Santa Claus.
04:35Good.
04:35Now, here's a list of toys we have to push.
04:38You know, things we've overstamped.
04:39You'll find that a great many children are undecided as to what they want for Christmas.
04:43When this occurs, you immediately suggest one of these items.
04:46You understand?
04:47I certainly do.
04:49Ah.
04:49All right.
04:50Here they come.
04:50You get up there and go to work and memorize that list.
04:53And remember, be jolly.
04:55They're working for Macy's.
04:58Imagine that.
05:00Making a child take something he doesn't want just because he bought too many of the wrong
05:04toys.
05:05That's what I've been fighting against for years.
05:07And what's that, Pop?
05:08Praying to commercialize Christmas.
05:09And a merry Christmas to you.
05:14Now then, watch your name, little boy.
05:15Peter.
05:16And what do you want for Christmas, Peter?
05:18I want, um, I want a fire engine just like the big ones, only small.
05:21It's got real hoses and squirts real wet water.
05:23I don't want to do it in the house only in the backyard, I promise.
05:26Now, Peter, I see you're a very good boy.
05:28So you'll get your fire engine.
05:29You see, I told you to get me one.
05:32Yes, dear.
05:33Well, look, you wait right over there.
05:34Mommy wants to thank Santa, too.
05:36What do you mean by saying a thing like that?
05:40I've been all over town trying to find that kind of a fire engine.
05:44Macy doesn't have one.
05:45Nobody's got one.
05:46But you can get those fire engines at the Acme Toy Company on West 46th Street.
05:51Only $4.50.
05:53Wonderful bargain.
05:54Oh, I follow the toy market pretty closely.
05:56Macy's sending other people to other stores?
05:59The important thing is to keep the children happy.
06:02Whether Macy's or somebody else sell the toy, that doesn't matter, does it?
06:06Don't you feel that way?
06:07Me?
06:08Sure, but I didn't think Macy's did.
06:10I don't get it.
06:11I just don't get it.
06:15Oh, yes, we have skates.
06:17Nice, shiny skates, and they're very good.
06:19Very good indeed.
06:20I don't think they're the kind of skates you want.
06:22Now, they have really wonderful skates at Gimbal's.
06:27Gimbal's?
06:29The sales lady said I was to speak to you.
06:32You're the head of the toy department.
06:34Yes, ma'am.
06:34Well, look, I want to congratulate you on Macy's and this new stunt you're doing.
06:39Sending people to other stores.
06:42To think that a big store like this puts the spirit of Christmas before the commercial.
06:47I haven't done much shopping here before, but from now on, I'm a regular Macy customer.
06:56But Gimbal's?
06:57And when you come to see me at Macy's, I shall tell you all about the wonderful toys.
07:07This seems awful silly, Mr. Gailey.
07:11Well, maybe you'll feel differently after you've talked to Santa Claus.
07:13Goodbye, and Merry Christmas.
07:15Now, what's your name, little girl?
07:18Susan Walker, what's your name?
07:20Mine.
07:21Kris Kringle.
07:22Well, I'm Santa Claus.
07:25You don't believe that, do you?
07:27You see, my mother is Mrs. Walker, the lady who hired you.
07:31But I must say, you're the best-looking one I've ever seen.
07:34Your whiskers don't have those things that go over your ears.
07:37That's because they're real.
07:38Just like I'm really Santa Claus.
07:40Go on, pull up.
07:43Go on.
07:43Go ahead, pull.
07:47That's it.
07:50And what do you want me to bring you for Christmas?
07:53Nothing, thank you.
07:54Whatever I want, my mother will get me.
07:56Sensible and doesn't cost too much.
07:59Susan, dear, I think you've taken up enough this gentleman's time.
08:05Your maid had to go home.
08:06Her mother sprained her ankle.
08:08She asked me to bring Susan down here for you.
08:10Yes, she phoned.
08:11I thought as long as we were here, we might as well talk to Santa Claus.
08:16He's a nice old man, Mother.
08:17And his whiskers are real, too.
08:19Yes, dear.
08:20A lot of old men have real whiskers like that.
08:22Susan, if you'd like to go over and look at the dolls, I'll be with you in just a minute.
08:26I want to talk to Mr. Gailey.
08:28I didn't think there was any harm in saying hello to the old gen.
08:32I'm sorry.
08:32I think there is harm.
08:34I tell her Santa Claus is a myth, and you bring her down here to meet a very convincing old gentleman with real whiskers.
08:40What's wrong with that?
08:41By filling her full of fairy tales, she'll grow up to believe life is a fantasy instead of a reality.
08:46She'll keep waiting for Prince Charming to come along, and when he does, he'll be a...
08:50We were talking about Susie, not you.
08:51Whether you agree with me or not, I'll have to ask you to respect my wishes.
09:04You sent for me?
09:05Yes, sit down, won't you?
09:07This is a lovely little girl you have here.
09:10Susan's the reason I asked you to drop down.
09:14She's a little confused.
09:16Would you tell her that you're not really Santa Claus, that there's actually no such person?
09:21Oh, sorry to disagree with you, Mrs. Walker, but not only is there such a person, but here I am to prove it.
09:27Oh, no, you don't understand.
09:29I want you to tell her the truth.
09:31What is your name?
09:32Chris Cringle.
09:33I'll bet you're in the first grade.
09:35Second.
09:35Oh, no, I mean your real name.
09:38It is my real name.
09:39Second grade.
09:40Good gracious.
09:41It's a progressive school.
09:43Oh, progressive school.
09:45Well.
09:47Where did you get such a lovely outfit?
09:50Macy's.
09:50We get 10% off.
09:53Um, Susan, would you go in and talk to Mrs. Adams for a minute?
09:57All right.
09:58Goodbye, young lady.
10:00Hope I see you again soon.
10:01I hope so, too.
10:03Bye.
10:05Oh, Chris Cringle.
10:09Address, Brooks Memorial Home for the Aged.
10:12If you care to call them and ask for Dr. Pierce, he'll be happy to confirm it.
10:18Age is as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.
10:24Now, really?
10:25Well, that's the truth.
10:27Next of kin, Donna Blitzen Prancer.
10:32And Dancer.
10:32Uh, I'm sorry, Mr.
10:44Cringle.
10:45Yes, well, uh, I'm afraid we're going to have to make a change.
10:48You see, the, uh, Santa Claus we had last year is back in town and, well, I feel I owe it to him to, uh...
10:54Have I done something wrong?
10:56No, no, no.
10:58Excuse me.
10:59Yes?
11:00Mr. Macy wants to see you immediately, Mrs. Walker.
11:02Oh, yes, right away.
11:04Uh, you'll have to excuse me.
11:05Uh, Miss Adams will give you your voucher on the way out and you'll receive a full week's salary.
11:10Uh, you'll receive a full week's salary.
11:11Now, about that new sales policy that you two seem to have initiated.
11:31It would have been better to clear it with the sales department first, don't you think?
11:34Mr. Macy, I, I...
11:35Macy's Santa Claus sending customers to Gimbel's.
11:39Preposterous.
11:40What?
11:41Yet, we cannot quarrel with success.
11:45Telephone calls, telegrams, over 500 parents expressing their undying gratitude to Macy's.
11:51So, as a result, I've decided to make this the new sales policy for the entire store.
11:56If we haven't got what a customer wants, we'll send him where he can get it.
12:00In this way, Macy's will be known as the store with a heart.
12:03The store that puts public service ahead of profits.
12:07And consequently, of course, we'll make more profits.
12:10Well, I just want to express our appreciation and to tell you that in your Christmas envelopes,
12:15there'll be a more practical expression of our gratitude.
12:17Thank you, Mr. Macy.
12:18That'll be all.
12:19Oh, oh, and tell that wonderful Santa Claus of yours that I haven't forgotten him either.
12:25No, no, never mind.
12:25I'll tell him myself.
12:27In the morning.
12:35Imagine, a boulders.
12:38I fired him.
12:39Who?
12:40Santa Claus.
12:42No, no.
12:43He's crazy.
12:44He thinks he is Santa Claus.
12:45Well, I don't care if he thinks he's the Easter Bunny.
12:48You better get him back.
12:49Oh, he's too great a risk.
12:50He might have a fit or something.
12:52I tell you, the man's insane.
12:53Maybe just a little bit insane.
12:57Mr. Sawyer.
12:58What?
12:58We'll get Sawyer to examine him.
13:00He's a psychologist.
13:01That's what he's being paid for, to examine the employees.
13:03We can't get him back.
13:04Can't get him back.
13:05He's already gone.
13:06Well, then you better scoot off him and get him.
13:08Because if you don't, we're going to have a very unmerry Christmas.
13:11Oh, Mr. Kringle.
13:15Mr. Kringle.
13:17I'm afraid I acted rather hastily and perhaps unfairly.
13:21This other Santa Claus.
13:22Well, Mr. Macy has found something else for him to do.
13:24And well, we want you to stay on.
13:27Well, this is mighty good news.
13:29You see, Mrs. Walter, for 50 years or so,
13:32I've been more and more worried about Christmas.
13:35Christmas is not just a day.
13:37It's a frame of mind.
13:38And that's what they've been changing.
13:40Well, I'm glad you're taking me back.
13:42Maybe I can do something about it.
13:43And I'm glad I met you and your daughter.
13:46You're my test case.
13:47We are?
13:47Yes, in a way you're the whole thing in miniature.
13:49And if I win you over, well, there's still hope.
13:52If not, I guess I'm through.
13:55But I'll try.
13:56And I'm warning you, I don't give up easily.
13:59Oh, well, Mr. Kringle, first thing in the morning,
14:02do you report to Mr. Sawyer's office for a little examination?
14:05Mental examination?
14:06Well, partly, yes.
14:08Oh, I don't mind.
14:09I've taken dozens.
14:10I haven't failed one yet.
14:11Here.
14:12How many days in the week?
14:13Seven.
14:13How many things do you see?
14:14Four.
14:15Muscular coordination.
14:17Perfect.
14:18Who was vice president under James Monroe?
14:20Daniel D. Tompkins.
14:22I'll bet your Mr. Sawyer doesn't know that one.
14:29How much is three times five?
14:38You asked me that before.
14:39I'm conducting this examination.
14:41How much is three times five?
14:43Same as it was before.
14:44Fifteen.
14:45You're rather nervous, aren't you, Mr. Sawyer?
14:48Do you get enough sleep?
14:49My personal habits are of no concern to you.
14:52Oh, I'm sorry.
14:53It's just that I hate to see anyone all tied up.
14:57How many fingers do you see?
14:59Three.
15:00You bite your nails, too?
15:02I want you to stand up straight with your arms extended.
15:05Muscular coordination test.
15:07Surely I'll be glad to.
15:09You know, very often nervous habits like yours
15:12is caused by insecurity.
15:16Are you happy at home, Mr. Sawyer?
15:18That will be all, Mr. Kringle.
15:19The examination's over.
15:20You may go.
15:23And it may interest you to know
15:25that I've been a happily married man for 26 years.
15:28Oh, I'm delighted to hear it.
15:31Bye.
15:34Your wife, Mr. Sawyer.
15:36What else?
15:38Agnes, how many times have I told you
15:39not to bother with the office?
15:40No, I give you a perfectly liberal allowance.
15:42If that fat stupid brother of yours
15:43would get a job,
15:44you wouldn't have to be pestering me all the time.
15:46Not a penny!
15:49How long have you known him, Dr. Pierce?
15:51Well, he wandered into the home about eight months ago.
15:53Looked the place over and said,
15:55uh, it'll do.
15:56Just stayed on.
15:58Has he ever told you his real name?
16:00He said he was Chris Kringle.
16:02We never pressed him further.
16:04Mrs. Walker.
16:05After giving that man a comprehensive examination,
16:07it's my considered opinion
16:08that you've been dismissed immediately.
16:09Uh, Dr. Pierce, Mr. Sawyer.
16:11Excuse me, didn't Chris answer the questions correctly?
16:13Well, yes, he did,
16:14but there was a complete lack of concentration.
16:16There's no doubt about it,
16:17he should be placed in a mental institution.
16:18And wait a minute,
16:18people are institutionalized
16:20to prevent them from hurting themselves
16:21or other people.
16:23His is a delusion for good.
16:25He only wants to be friendly, helpful.
16:28Mrs. Walker,
16:29naturally, I cannot discharge this man.
16:31So when he begins to exhibit
16:32his latent maniacal tendencies,
16:33which I assure you he will,
16:35the responsibility will be entirely yours.
16:37Dr. Pierce,
16:42if there's the slightest possibility of trouble,
16:44I...
16:45Now, what trouble could Chris possibly get into?
16:48No.
16:49Well, look,
16:49coming to work, for instance,
16:51a policeman might ask him his name.
16:53Now, you know that would get him into a fight.
16:55Well, that could be avoided easily enough.
16:57Find someone here in the store to rent him a room.
16:59Then they could go to and from work together.
17:01Oh, yes, that would solve everything.
17:03That's a wonderful idea.
17:04Yes, isn't it?
17:05Uh,
17:06your son's away at school.
17:07What about his room?
17:09Well, I'll talk to Mrs. Shellhammer
17:10as soon as I get home.
17:11In the meantime,
17:12you take Chris home to dinner.
17:13Oh, no, I couldn't.
17:16Oh, really, Mrs. Walker,
17:17if I can supply the room,
17:18the least you can do is furnish a free meal.
17:31What sort of games do you play, Susan?
17:34I don't play much with the children.
17:36They play silly games.
17:37They do.
17:39Like today,
17:40they were playing zoo,
17:41and all of the children were animals.
17:44Homer was supposed to be the zookeeper.
17:47He said,
17:47what kind of an animal are you?
17:50I said,
17:50I'm not an animal.
17:51I'm a girl.
17:53He said,
17:53only animals are allowed here.
17:55Bye.
17:55Oh, that's too bad.
17:57That sounds like a wonderful game to me.
17:59Of course,
17:59to play it right,
18:00you've got to have imagination.
18:02Do you know what imagination is?
18:03That's when you see something
18:04and it's really not there.
18:06Well, yes,
18:07but I believe imagination
18:08is a place by itself.
18:10You know,
18:11like,
18:12well, you know,
18:12the British nation
18:13of the French nation,
18:14well, this is imagination.
18:17Say,
18:17how would you like
18:18to make snowballs
18:19in the summertime?
18:20Or drive a bus
18:21down Fifth Avenue,
18:22hmm?
18:22Oh.
18:23Or be the Statue of Liberty
18:24in the morning,
18:25and in the afternoon,
18:26a flock of geese
18:27flying south.
18:29Well,
18:30the first place,
18:31you'd have to learn
18:32to pretend.
18:33That's imagination.
18:34Now,
18:34the next time
18:35they play zoo,
18:36you tell Homer
18:37you're a monkey.
18:39But I don't know
18:39how to be a monkey.
18:41I'll show you.
18:42Now, stand up.
18:44First,
18:45you bend way over.
18:46That's it.
18:47Keep your arms loose.
18:48Now,
18:49then you scratch.
18:51Ha, ha.
18:51Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
18:54On the contrary,
18:55the firm of Hazlip,
18:56Sherman and Hazlip
18:57has been very good to me.
18:58But being an exceptional lawyer,
19:00I want to open my own office.
19:02Naturally.
19:05We're having our first lesson
19:06and pretending,
19:07and we're doing pretty well, too.
19:11She'll be having nightmares
19:12for weeks.
19:13But she'll be having
19:13a lot of fun
19:14in the daytime.
19:18Hello?
19:20Oh, Mr. Shellhammer,
19:21that's fine.
19:22The Shellhammers
19:23have a room for you.
19:24That's very kind of them,
19:25but I've accepted
19:26Mr. Gailey's offer
19:27to stay with him.
19:28Mr. Gailey.
19:30I'll get the meat.
19:33Oh, thank you,
19:34Mr. Shellhammer,
19:35but it seems
19:35he's made other arrangements.
19:36Yes, well, goodbye.
19:40Well, here we are.
19:43Mmm, steaks.
19:44No, it's venison.
19:45Who don't mind
19:46at the office gave it to me.
19:47What's venison?
19:48Oh, dear meat,
19:49if you don't like it,
19:50I have eggs for you.
19:51Could I have eggs, too?
19:54Venison, you know,
19:55I couldn't.
19:58Oh, I forgot.
20:01Yes, well,
20:01there must be something
20:03you want for Christmas.
20:05Something that even
20:06your mother doesn't know about.
20:08Why don't you give me a chance?
20:09All right.
20:10Good.
20:13That's what I want
20:14for Christmas.
20:15A doll's house like this?
20:17No, a real house.
20:18A real house?
20:19If you're really Santa Claus,
20:21you can get it for me.
20:23And if you can't,
20:24just a nice man
20:26with a white beard
20:26like Mother says.
20:28Well, just because
20:29every child doesn't get his wishy,
20:30that doesn't mean
20:31there isn't a Santa Claus.
20:32That's what I thought you'd say.
20:34But what could you possibly want
20:35with a house like this?
20:36Live in it with my mother.
20:38But you have this lovely apartment.
20:39But I want a backyard
20:40and a swing and...
20:42She can't get it, huh?
20:43I didn't say that.
20:45Well, that's a tall order.
20:48But I'll do the best I can.
20:51May I keep this?
20:52Mm-hmm.
20:54Good night, Susan.
20:55Good night.
20:55Do you like living in the city?
21:06It's all right.
21:07I'd kind of like
21:07get out in the country sometime, though.
21:09Not a big place,
21:09just one of those
21:10junior partner deals in Manhattan.
21:12I know the kind of mean.
21:13One of those colonial houses.
21:15Ah, or a Cape Cod.
21:18I've been thinking about Mrs. Walker.
21:22You know, like a lot of divorced women,
21:24she's determined that
21:26no one will ever hurt her again.
21:28With a little more effort on your part,
21:31she might be made to crawl out of a shell.
21:35You know,
21:37those two are a couple of lost souls.
21:42It's up to us to help them.
21:44I'll take care of Susie
21:45if you'll take care of her mother.
21:47It's a deal.
21:49Good.
21:50You ready?
21:50Oh, no, you don't.
21:51I'm not going to be cheated that way.
21:53All my life, I've wondered.
21:54And now I'm going to find out.
21:56I'm going to learn the answer
21:57to the question
21:58that's troubled the world for centuries.
22:01Does Santa Claus
22:02sleep with his whiskers inside or out?
22:06Always sleep with them out.
22:10Cold air makes them glow.
22:23This is one event I never expected to see.
22:38Two can play at this game, Mr. Macy.
22:40If Gimbel's haven't got what the customer wants,
22:43we'll send him over to Macy's.
22:44It'll be a pleasure, Mr. Gimbel.
22:46You're welcome.
22:57There they sat.
22:59Adult but children still.
23:00Children at heart.
23:02It was summer.
23:03Warm, glorious summer.
23:06The end.
23:07Do you like that story, Susan?
23:09Mr. Kringle,
23:10do you think I'm going to get my house for Christmas?
23:12Well, I can't promise, but we mustn't give up hope.
23:16Good night, Susan. Tomorrow evening, I'll read you another story.
23:19I can't. I've got to go to school.
23:21Isn't this vacation?
23:22Yes, but this is what they call a required function.
23:25Required function?
23:27The Fillmore Progressive School requests your presence
23:31at a special performance of a Christmas play to be given in the modern manner.
23:35What does that mean?
23:36A Christmas play without Santa Claus.
23:39Well...
23:42A Christmas play without a Santa Claus.
23:46The performance will be followed by a short address.
23:51Subject...
23:52Exploding the myth of Santa Claus.
23:59The guest speaker will be Mr. Albert Sawyer.
24:09I'm very happy you enjoyed our little play.
24:12And now it gives me great pleasure to introduce our old friend, Mr. Albert Sawyer.
24:24Parents...
24:25And young people...
24:27It's thrilling indeed to see so many happy, smiling faces.
24:31I know you're all looking forward to a joyous Christmas.
24:36But as those of you in this intelligent group know, this is going to be a Christmas without Santa Claus.
24:41Such a person as Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas or Chris Kringle does not exist.
24:47Never has existed and never will exist.
24:51This silly old man in his red suit represents the wishful dreaming of all people.
25:00He's the all giver, the generous father.
25:03Mature adults who keep this myth alive are clinging to childish fantasies and show themselves afraid to face realities.
25:13People who play Santa have a strong feeling of guilt.
25:17I see nothing to laugh at.
25:23Far from being amusing, this myth...
25:26Far from being amusing...
25:31Far from being amusing, this myth is actually harmful.
25:39Only stupid old men, prancing around in white whiskers, keep this ridiculous myth alive.
25:45Now he's gone too far.
25:54He became violent because I attacked his delusions and he'll do it again.
25:57Well, if you ask me, I think we ought to get an outside psychiatrist to examine him.
26:00Then you better do it right away before Mr. Macy hears about it.
26:03That's right.
26:04You explain it to Mr. Kringle. After all, you're his friend.
26:07No, I can't.
26:08Well, I've grown very fond of him.
26:10This is going to hurt him deeply.
26:13Well, I just can't.
26:14All right, what can we do?
26:16I think I have it.
26:17You tell Kringle Mrs. Walker wants him to leave at once in order to have some publicity pictures taken with the mayor.
26:22I'll have a car waiting outside and once we get him in the car, we'll drive him straight off to Bellevue Hospital.
26:26Yes, that'll do it.
26:29I'll ride up front with the driver.
26:44Hello, Chris.
26:45Hello, Fred.
26:46You flunked that psychiatrist examination deliberately, didn't you?
26:51Why?
26:52I had great hopes, Fred.
26:54I had a feeling that Mrs. Walker was beginning to believe in me.
27:05Now I know she was only humoring me all the time.
27:08Mrs. Walker didn't know anything about taking pictures with the mayor.
27:11That was Mr. Sawyer's idea.
27:13It isn't just Mrs. Walker.
27:16Take Sawyer.
27:17Contemptible, deceitful, dishonest.
27:21But he's out there and I'm here.
27:24If that's normal, I don't want it.
27:26But you can't just think of yourself.
27:28What happens to you matters to a lot of people.
27:30People like me who believe in you and what you stand for.
27:33People like, well, like Susie who were just beginning to.
27:35Chris, you can't let them down.
27:39You're right.
27:40Let's get out of here.
27:41Now, wait a minute.
27:42You flunked that examination, but good.
27:44Yes.
27:45I said our first president was Calvin Coolidge.
27:48Oh, but you can fix that.
27:49You'll think of something.
27:50Now, take it easy.
27:51A judge is going to be asked to sign papers committing you to a mental institution.
27:56The only chance would be to prove you legally sane at a public hearing.
28:01Good.
28:02I can think of nothing better.
28:04Don't you see?
28:05That will settle the question once and for all.
28:29You solemnly swear the evidence you are about to give at this hearing is the truth,
28:32the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
28:34I do.
28:35Good morning, Your Honor.
28:38Good morning.
28:40You may proceed, Mr. District Attorney.
28:44My name's Thomas Mara.
28:46What's yours?
28:47Chris Krinkle.
28:49Oh.
28:51Where do you live?
28:52That's what this hearing will decide.
28:54That's a very sound answer, Mr. Krinkle.
28:57Thank you, Your Honor.
28:59Tell me.
29:00Do you really believe that you're Santa Claus?
29:03Of course!
29:08The state rests, Your Honor.
29:12In view of this statement, do you still wish to put in a defense, young man?
29:15I do, Your Honor.
29:17I'm fully aware of my client's opinions.
29:20In fact, that is the entire case against him.
29:23That Mr. Krinkle is not sane because he believes himself to be Santa Claus.
29:27An entirely logical assumption, I'm afraid.
29:30Not necessarily, Your Honor.
29:32You believe yourself to be Judge Harper, yet no one questions your sanity because you are Judge Harper.
29:36Mr. Krinkle is the subject of this hearing, not me.
29:40Exactly.
29:42So I intend to prove that Mr. Krinkle is Santa Claus.
29:55What does Mr. Hayslip of Hayslip, Sherman and Hayslip say about the trial?
29:59That I was jeopardizing the dignity of the firm that I either dropped the case or they dropped me.
30:03So, leaving me no choice, I quit.
30:07Oh, Fred, you didn't.
30:09Well, I can't let Chris down.
30:11He needs me and all the rest of us need him.
30:14Darling, he's a kind, wonderful old man, but...
30:19Well, you can't throw away your career because of sentiment.
30:22I'm not throwing a career away.
30:24I'll get by.
30:25I'm a darn good lawyer.
30:27This doesn't shake your faith in me, does it?
30:30This is a question of common sense.
30:33It's not faith.
30:35Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not.
30:41I wish you could let yourself believe in people like Chris,
30:44and in fun, and love, and joy, and all the other intangibles.
30:49You can't pay the rent with intangibles.
30:52And you can't live without them.
30:54Why don't you try a little blind faith, darling?
30:56Just turn along with me.
30:59I think I've got a right to ask that.
31:02I think I have the right to ask you to be a little bit more practical and realistic.
31:06Yeah, I suppose you have.
31:10It's all cockeyed.
31:13Here we are as close as two people can possibly be,
31:17and yet there's a loneliness about it.
31:20I've tried my best.
31:23I know you have, darling, and so have I.
31:25But we're going to need a lot more than each other's arms.
31:28And somehow I just don't think we've got it.
31:37Funny.
31:39With all my common sense, I was just beginning to think this time it might work out.
31:44So was I, but...
31:48Can I help you trim the tree?
31:51Thanks, I can do it.
31:52I can do it.
31:55Well...
31:57Good night.
31:58Good night.
31:59Your name, sir?
32:12R.H. Macy.
32:14Do you recognize this man?
32:16Yes, he's an employee of mine.
32:22Chris Kringle.
32:23Do you believe him to be of sound mind?
32:25I certainly do.
32:26Mr. Macy, you're under oath.
32:29Do you really believe that this man is Santa Claus?
32:47Do you?
32:50I do.
32:52That is all.
33:00You are fired.
33:04Your Honor,
33:06there is no such person as Santa Claus,
33:09and everybody knows it.
33:11I ask that the court make an immediate ruling.
33:13Is there or is there not a Santa Claus?
33:14I...
33:23This court will take a short recess to consider the matter.
33:29I don't care about the law.
33:30I'm talking about politics.
33:32You go back in there and rule that there's no Santa Claus,
33:34we won't be even able to put you in the primaries.
33:36Oh, Charlie, Charlie.
33:38I'm a responsible judge.
33:40How can I seriously rule that there is a Santa Claus?
33:42All right, go back in there and rule there isn't.
33:45The kids read about it so they don't hang up their stockings.
33:48So what happens to all the toys that are supposed to be in them stockings?
33:51Nobody buys them.
33:53Oh, the toy manufacturers are gonna love that.
33:55What about the Christmas card makers, the candy companies?
33:58Oh, boy, are you gonna be a popular guy.
34:01And what about the Salvation Army?
34:02They got a Santa Claus on every corner.
34:05Henry, I'm telling you.
34:07If you go back in there and rule that there's no Santa Claus,
34:10you can count on getting just two votes.
34:12Your own and that district attorney's out there.
34:19One.
34:21District Attorney's Republican.
34:22The court will rise.
34:23This court has just consulted the highest authority available.
34:39The traditions of American justice demand a broad and unprejudiced view of such a controversial matter.
34:53And therefore, this court is determined to keep an open mind and hear the evidence from either side.
35:02But can my opponent produce any evidence in support of this contention?
35:09Your Honor, I can.
35:11Will Thomas Mara take the stand?
35:15Who, me?
35:17Thomas Mara, Jr.
35:19Thomas Mara.
35:24Hi, Daddy.
35:25Tommy.
35:30Tommy, you know the difference between telling the truth and telling a lie, don't you?
35:34Everybody knows you shouldn't tell a lie, especially in court.
35:38Do you believe in Santa Claus?
35:39Sure, I do.
35:41And what does he look like?
35:42There he is, sitting over there.
35:45I object, Your Honor.
35:47Overruled.
35:49Tommy, why are you so sure there's a Santa Claus?
35:51Because Daddy told me so, didn't you, Daddy?
35:57And you believe you're Daddy, don't you?
35:59Sure, I do.
36:00Daddy wouldn't tell me anything that wasn't so, would you, Daddy?
36:06Thank you, Tommy.
36:11Bye, Daddy.
36:12The State of New York is willing to concede the existence of a Santa Claus.
36:25But I ask that Mr. Gailey produce authority of evidence that Mr. Kringle is the one and only Santa Claus.
36:35Your point is well taken, Mr. Mara.
36:38Mr. Gailey, are you ready to show that Mr. Kringle is Santa Claus?
36:54On the basis of competent authority?
36:57Not at this time, Your Honor.
36:59I ask for an adjournment until this time tomorrow.
37:02This court stands adjourned until three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
37:04Bath's all ready.
37:08What are you doing?
37:10Writing to Mr. Kringle to tell him I believe in everything he told me.
37:14Everything will turn out fine.
37:16That's nice. You'll like that.
37:18Where shall I send it?
37:20Why don't you send it to the county courthouse?
37:23Okay.
37:29What did you write, Mother?
37:30I believe in you, too, Doris.
37:33Go take your bath now, hmm?
37:37Could you give me the number of the main post office, please?
37:38Hello, dead letter office.
37:39Are you kidding? We got maybe a couple hundred thousand.
37:41Yes, ma'am, we sure will.
37:42We are in here.
37:43We're in here.
37:45What are you doing?
37:46Well, let's go take your bath now, hmm?
37:47Let's go take your bath now.
37:53Could you give me the number of the main post office, please?
37:54Could you give me the number of the main post office, please?
37:59Hello, dead letter office.
38:03Are you kidding? We got maybe a couple of hundred thousand.
38:07Yes, ma'am, we sure would.
38:12Hey, lady, that's not a bad idea.
38:25Chris, I've got bad news for you.
38:27I've tried every way to get some competent authority.
38:29I wired the mayor, the governor, everybody.
38:31Susan, that means more to me than all the mayors and governors in the world.
38:39It's all over. He hasn't got a thing.
38:49Your Honor, the defense has yet to produce one bit of authoritative proof
38:52that this man is really Santa Claus.
38:55And in view of the fact that it is Christmas Eve
38:57and we're all anxious to get to our homes,
38:59I ask that these commitment papers be signed without further delay.
39:04Mr. Gailey, have you anything further to offer?
39:08I should like to submit the following evidence, Your Honor.
39:10It concerns an official agency of the United States government.
39:13The post office department, one of the world's largest business concerns,
39:17did a gross business last year of one billion, one hundred and twelve million, eight hundred and seventy-seven thousand, one hundred and seventy-four dollars.
39:24Your Honor, I'm sure they're all deeply gratified to know that the post office department is doing nicely,
39:30but it hardly has any bearing on this case.
39:32Furthermore, the U.S. Postal laws make it a criminal offense to willfully misdirect mail
39:36or intentionally deliver it to the wrong party.
39:38Yeah, Your Honor, I'm sure that the state of New York is willing to admit
39:42that the post office department is authoritative, prosperous and efficient.
39:47For the record?
39:48For the record. Anything to get on with this case.
39:50Then, Your Honor, I offer these letters in evidence.
39:54They are simply addressed to Santa Claus, yet they were each delivered to Mr. Kringle
39:59by bona fide employees of the post office department.
40:02I offer these as authoritative proof...
40:04Your Honor, three letters are hardly authoritative proof.
40:07I have further exhibits, Your Honor, but I hesitate to reduce them.
40:10Oh, I'm sure they'd all be glad to see them.
40:12Oh, yes, indeed.
40:13Uh, put them on my desk.
40:15On your desk?
40:16Yes, yes.
40:18Very well, Your Honor.
40:40Your Honor, every one of these letters is addressed to Santa Claus,
40:54and the post office has delivered them to my client.
40:57Therefore, the United States government recognizes this man, Kris Kringle, as Santa Claus.
41:03If the United States of America believes this man is Santa Claus,
41:09then this court will not dispute it.
41:11Case dismissed.
41:12Thanks, Your Honor, and a Merry Christmas to you.
41:18And a Merry Christmas to you, Mr. Kringle.
41:20Oh, I got your note. It made me very happy.
41:22Oh, I'm glad, Kris. Won't you come to dinner tonight?
41:24I know. Oh, I'm working tonight. You see, it's Christmas Eve.
41:28Good... Merry Christmas!
41:38What's the matter with Susan?
41:40Well, I think she misses Kris.
41:44Don't worry, young lady. Kris is bound to come.
41:47Didn't get my present, Uncle Fred.
41:49Why, darling, you got a lot of presents.
41:52Not the one I wanted. Not the one Mr. Kringle was going to get for me.
41:57What was that?
41:59It doesn't matter. I... I didn't get it.
42:02I... I knew it wouldn't be here, but I...
42:05I thought I'd get a letter or something about it.
42:10Hello?
42:11Hello, Susan. Merry Christmas.
42:15Well, it wasn't really a promise. I said I'd do my best.
42:19You couldn't get it because you're not Santa Claus, that's why.
42:23Just a nice man with white whiskers like my mother says.
42:26I shouldn't have believed you.
42:29Susan!
42:31Merry Christmas, Kris.
42:33I'm sorry Susan is disappointed in me.
42:36Oh, she'll be all right. Here's Fred.
42:39Merry Christmas. Where are you?
42:42Out at the home.
42:43Fred, we're giving a little party this afternoon.
42:47Will you bring Mrs. Walker and Susan out to help us celebrate?
42:50Of course I will.
42:52Oh.
42:53You turn off the parkway at Seymour.
42:55Drive three blocks, then turn on to Ashley Drive.
42:58You'll see it on the right.
43:00Got it.
43:01Bye.
43:06Susan.
43:07I was wrong when I told you not to believe in Mr. Kringle.
43:11You must have faith in him.
43:14But he didn't get me the...
43:16That doesn't make sense, Mother.
43:20Oh.
43:21Faith is believing in things even when common sense tells you not to.
43:25Honey, even though things don't work out the way you want them to the first time,
43:30you still gotta believe in people.
43:34I'll try.
43:36There it is. Ashley Drive.
43:43I do believe.
43:45I do believe.
43:47I do.
43:52Stop, Uncle Fred! Stop!
43:57Susan!
44:03Susan!
44:04You shouldn't be running around in other people's houses.
44:13This is my house, Mommy.
44:14The one I asked Mr. Kringle for.
44:16Now, Susan, darling.
44:17It is, it is.
44:18I know it is.
44:19Oh, you're right, Mommy.
44:20If things don't turn out right the first time, you've still got to believe.
44:24Mr. Kringle is Santa Claus. He is.
44:27I'm going to see my swings.
44:29You told her that?
44:31Mm-hmm.
44:38The house seems to be for sale.
44:42We can't let it down.
44:44Oh, Fred.
44:49Darling, I always believed in you.
44:52It's just my ridiculous common sense.
44:53Well, it even makes sense to believe in me now.
45:00I take a little old man and legally prove that he's Santa Claus.
45:03Now, you know...
45:09Oh, no.
45:15It must have been left by one of the tenants.
45:17Yes.
45:18Maybe.
45:20Maybe I didn't do such a remarkable thing after all.
45:47Yeah.
45:49And I would be right after all.
45:50Nothing.
45:50No.
45:52Well, it's in my house.
45:53So, I have wanted love to see.
45:56I'm sorry.
45:57In some cases...
45:59I'm sorry.
45:59But I make a mask.
46:01I have got nothing.
46:02I have not seen.
46:03It's like not feeling to see.
46:04I'm sorry.
46:05I can't even know that.
46:06I was not feeling to see.
46:07But I still say, I bet.
46:08I know that...
46:08I know I can...
46:10But I wish I were a great idea.
46:12Well, it would be my best.
46:13But I'll be okay.
46:15And to get you into this place...
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