Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is a beloved Christmas classic you can watch online on iFILM. When the actor hired to play Santa at Macy's Thanksgiving parade turns up drunk, a kindly old man named Kris Kringle steps in, and he insists he is the real Santa Claus.

Macy's keeps him on as their store Santa, but Kris refuses to push overstocked toys on children and cheerfully sends shoppers to rival stores instead, turning the whole retail world upside down. His stubborn claim about his own identity eventually lands him in a courtroom, where someone has to prove, in legal terms, that Santa exists. Watching it all are no-nonsense single mother Doris (Maureen O'Hara) and her skeptical young daughter Susan, played by a six-year-old Natalie Wood. The girl doesn't believe in magic, and winning her over is Kris's quiet mission.

Edmund Gwenn took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as Kringle, and the film picked up two more Academy Awards for its writing. It's a warm, sharp-witted fable about faith that American families have rewatched every December for nearly eighty years. Stream Miracle on 34th Street (1947) online on iFILM.