Quotes
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Judge Henry Harper: Uh, I`m sorry. He, uh... he thinks you`re Santa Claus.
[Kris Kringle and Judge Harper laugh]
Kris Kringle: [to Harper`s grandson] I am.
Dorey Walker: Are you still coming to dinner?
Bryan Bedford: Am I still invited?
Dorey Walker: Would you be our Santa Claus?
Kris Kringle: Uh, me?
Dorey Walker: Well, do you have any experience?
Kris Kringle: Well... just a little.
Kris Kringle: You think I`m a fraud, don`t you?
Dorey Walker: Fraud is a bit too strong of a word.
Kris Kringle: But you don`t believe in me.
Dorey Walker: I believe that Christmas is for children.
Kris Kringle: Well your daughter doesn`t believe in me, either.
Dorey Walker: I don`t think that there`s any harm in not believing in a figure that many do acknowledge to be a fiction.
Kris Kringle: Oh, but there is. I`m not just a whimsical figure who wears a charming suit and affects a jolly demeanor. You know, I... I... I`m a symbol. I`m a symbol of the human ability to be able to suppress the selfish and hateful tendencies that rule the major part of our lives. If... you can`t believe, if you can`t accept anything on faith, then you`re doomed for a life dominated by doubt.
Kris Kringle: Well, I would greatly like to oblige, Mr. Collins, but I cannot make this reindeer fly.
Ed Collins: I didn`t think so.
Kris Kringle: He only flies on Christmas Eve.
Dorey Walker: Susan. What else did you ask Mr. Kringle for.
Susan Walker: A baby brother. See ya.
Judge Henry Harper: Mr. Collins, would you like to cross examine
[quietly chuckles]
Judge Henry Harper: your wife?
Kris Kringle: Mr. Collins, I hope you`ve taken down that old TV antenna. I ripped my pants on it last year.
[Judge Harper`s grandson realizes that he had just met Kris Kringle]
Grandson: Nuts. I should have got his autograph.
[to Judge Harper, after testifying in court]
Daniel: Do I have to go to jail now?
Orderly: This guy ain`t dangerous. He may be off his rails a bit, but he ain`t nothing. And if he wants to call himself Santa Claus, then God bless him.
C.F. Cole: We invite you to ask yourself this one simple question: Do you believe in Santa Claus?
Bryan Bedford: Your Honor, a lot of people believe in Mr. Kringle. Including millions of children. If you rule against him, you won`t destroy anyone`s belief but you will destroy the man they believe in. Mr. Kringle is not concerned for himself, if he was he wouldn`t be here. He is in this regrettable positon because he is willing to sacrifice himself for children. To create in their minds a world far better than the one we`ve made for them. If this is, as Mr. Collins suggests, a masquerade then Mr. Kringle is eager to forfeit his freedom to preserve that masquerade. To subject himself to prosecution to protect the children`s right to believe. If this court finds that Mr. Kringle is not who he says he is, that there is no Santa, I ask the court to judge which is worse: A lie that draws a smile or a truth that draws a tear.
[Bryan and Dorey are at the altar]
Priest: Are you ready?
Dorey Walker: For what?
Priest: To get married.
Susan Walker: I can`t sleep.
Dorey Walker: What`s on your mind?
Susan Walker: Santa Claus.
Dorey Walker: Mr. Kringle? What about him?
Susan Walker: He talked sign language with a kid today.
Dorey Walker: That was considerate of him.
Susan Walker: He looks like every picture of Santa Claus I`ve ever seen.
Dorey Walker: I know. That`s why I hired him.
Bryan Bedford: [pointing toward Ed Collins] Well, tell me something, Daniel... could that man be Santa Claus?
Daniel: Nope.
Bryan Bedford: Why not?
Daniel: `Cause Santa don`t got a grumpy face.
Trivia
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Alvin Greenman (The Doorman) appeared in the original version as Alfred.
Macy`s department store refused permission for its name to be used in this remake.
In its original theatrical release, 20th Century Fox offered a full refund to any viewer who didn`t enjoy the film. Approximately 1500 tickets were returned to the studio.
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* The name of the department store is C. F. Cole`s. In Australia, there is a supermarket chain called Coles, operated by G. J. Coles & Co. The company has been in existence since 1914, and so was a known company from the time of the original Miracle on 34th Street (1947). C & F are four letters down from G & J respectively.
Susan`s middle name is Elizabeth. Mara Wilson`s middle name is also Elizabeth.
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