Unless I missed something somewhere, this famous holiday tale enjoys the distinction of being the only Christmas film with a lawyer for a hero. That implausibility aside, this is a charming story about a Macy’s department store Santa turns out to be the real thing. Naturally the powers that be seek to have him locked up in an asylum, hence the lawyer crusading valiantly to prove that he actually is Santa Claus. The mix of cynical politics and hokey sentiment in the court scenes is an amazing bit of counterpoint from Hollywood in general and Christmas movies in particular. Not to mention cute little Natalie Wood as the cynical tyke who learns to have faith in the holiday spirit. Worth seeing
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