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Movie · Drama, Comedy · 1947 · Not rated

Miracle on 34th Street: parents' guide

6+our pick

Best for ages 6 and up. Not formally rated.

A warm black-and-white classic that families can enjoy together with kids around six and up. A kindly old man hired as Macy's parade Santa insists he is the real Kris Kringle, wins over a skeptical girl and her practical mother, and ends up in court defending his sanity. There is no profanity and almost no violence. Parents should know about period drinking and smoking: a parade Santa is drunk, a wife is shown tipsy on extra-strong martinis, and cigars are everywhere. Younger children may not follow the courtroom plot, and some may come away with questions about whether Santa is real.

What's in it

Violence

Mild

One moment: angered by a store employee's cruelty to a young coworker, Kris raps him on the head with his cane, leaving a painful bump that the man exaggerates.

Language

None

No profanity. The worst is light name-calling, such as one character calling Kris a whisker puss.

Sex and nudity

None

Nothing beyond a kiss: a lawyer courts a divorced mother, partly by befriending her daughter, and the two share one kiss and talk about marriage.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Moderate

Drinking is used for jokes: the original parade Santa is drunk, a store executive spikes his wife's martinis so she will accept a houseguest, and she is shown tipsy. Characters smoke cigars and cigarettes.

Scary or intense scenes

Mild

Little peril. The tension comes from adults trying to have Kris committed to a mental hospital and the court hearing that follows, which may worry sensitive kids briefly.

Worth talking about

Fred tells Doris that faith means believing things when common sense says not to. Ask your child what it means to believe in something you cannot see.

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Checked October 24th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, hometheaterforum.com, filmsite.org. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.