Both versions of A Miracle on 34th Street have found a streaming home for the holidays, and we’ll tell you where you can watch both of them.
Do you believe in Santa Claus? These days, Santa is one of the things that adults are not encouraged to believe in. That’s because it’s much easier to buy into the idea that old Saint Nick is just an icon of commercialization who appears on Coca-Cola cans every holiday season. There’s so much Santa Claus in pop culture that we tend to forget that the spirit of Christmas is about giving gifts, rather than receiving them. The 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street understood this when it introduced audiences to Kris Kringle, a Macy’s department store Santa who so thoroughly embodied the best of Christmas that he may just have been the real Santa Claus.
Hollywood does love a remake, and in 1994, Miracle on 34th Street was remade for a new generation of viewers. In 2023, both versions of Miracle on 34th Street are considered holiday classics, and they’re both available to stream.
