Miracle on 34th St.

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miracle-on-34th-streetJoin us on the old leather couch for a little Christmas cheer as we finally tackle this holiday favorite. In the words of Craig Johnson “Your cockles will be muzzled”
In Seen It, we discuss a few of the DVDs that viewers have sent us over the years: Featuring men who are silly, men who are angry and men who are very, very dark.

2 Responses to “Miracle on 34th St.”

  1. Kendall Lindsey

    Sort of surprised no comment about the mail sorter fellow being Jack Albertson. Maybe in a deleted scene, haha.

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  2. Ponderful

    I don’t recall which episode you discussed movies that make you cry, Matt cries at ‘it’s a wonderful life’ and Craig, being immune to the base emotions of weaker men, cries at nothing.

    I cry at miracle on 34th Street. Every goddamn time. Specifically the scene with the little Dutch girl.

    This little girl, in a foreign country, her parents and family and childhood home, everything she knew taken from her and the one familiar thing to her is Santa Claus. She begs her adopted mother to take her to see santa. What’s going on in the mind of the adopted mother? How long has she been trying to provide comfort to this girl, this new and only daughter. And now she stands desperate and nervous, in line in a garish department store, festooned with Christmas decorations and filled with preoccupied shoppers, alone with this little girl and the tragedy that brought them together. knowing that in just a few moments, the last shreds of hope will be crushed by this poor seasonal employee the child believes is the real santa.
    She immediately starts apologizing to him for bringing the child, for taking up time, for the whole tragic mess. How many times has she had to make the same apology? To explain in quick summery the broken heart of a child? How many doubts does she have about herself and her choices and the rightness of trying to be a mother at all. What will she do after, when she has to take the child home, disappointed and disillusioned? Her hand takes the childs shoulder protective and possessive and desperate to keep her safe from hurt again.

    And then they’re speaking Dutch.
    And the child is smiling. And speaking with the animated certitude that only children have. Because of course this is Santa Claus, as she knew all along, and while the kind lady who brought her (she uses the Dutch word dame) is who she would like to stay with, she, like most adults, might not be that bright, because she couldn’t even recognize the real Santa Claus. The girl and santa share a conspiratorial look.

    And the mother sees a smile, real and unreserved, maybe the first she’d ever seen. And singing. Because here to this little girl is the only safe and permanent person in the whole world.

    Santa Claus.

    And the mother stands, smiling dumbly nodding and shaking her head all once, afraid to speak in fear of breaking the spell of this tiny miracle.

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