The Best Holiday Movies

Miracle on 34th Street

A young Natalie Wood shines as skeptical 9-year-old Susan Walker, daughter of the no-nonsense director of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. When a man claiming to be Kris Kringle shows up in town, first as the new Macy's Santa and then the subject of a sanity hearing, Susan tests his claim by requesting the thing she wants most: the house of her dreams. The perennial Christmas favorite steals our hearts because it takes us back to a time when we, too, had faith. Miracle on 34th Street is a perfect holiday reminder that we're never too old to believe in Santa Claus and that there is such a thing as a Christmas miracle.