Das Wunder von Manhattan

Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) is running the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She is a no nonsense woman who tells her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood) the truth no matter what. She insists that there is no Santa Claus. When the parade's Santa Claus falls over drunk, she grabs Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) to take his place. He then gets the job as Macy's Santa. The store's miserable psychologist refuses to believe in Kris Kringle, and schemes to put him into Bellevue. Fred Gaily (John Payne) refuse to let him go, and bring his case to court. The only thing he has to do is to prove that Kris Kringle is the one and only true Santa Claus.

There are a lot of scenes that will tuck at your heartstrings. This is especially true in the first half as he does things to make people believe that he's the real deal. When he speaks to the little Dutch girl, it would put a smile on the grinchiest Grinch. Then there is the great climax in the courtroom. There is nothing better.