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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Remade several times across a variety of media, the original Miracle is still the best. When New York department store Macy's is forced to find a last-minute Santa Claus for its famous Thanksgiving Day Parade, they didn't expect they'd be hiring the real Saint Nick. But neither company supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) nor her daughter Susan (an eight-year-old Natalie Wood) is convinced he is who he says he is – they think he's crazy. Veteran actor Edmund Gwenn won an Oscar for his portrayal of the jolly old man from the North Pole. Watch this and you may just start believing in miracles!