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The name Santa Claus is a corruption of the Dutch Sinter Klaas, a shortened form of the Dutch version of the name Saint Nicholas. The Dutch girl in this movie actually uses the name Sinter Klaas in her song.
Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Santa Claus are all names recognized in America.
The actor, Edmund Gwenn won an Academy Award for his role as Santa Claus.
Natalie Wood blew us all away as Susan. Immensely talented.
Edmund Gwenn will always be THE Santa Claus!
Sad she passed away
The woman whose son wanted a fire engine is Thelma Ritter. She was the nurse in "Rear Window."
She’s the type of actress who turned up in just about everything back in the day. And always made it better!
This was her first role, and was uncredited.
@@johnnehrich9601 Didn't know that.
@@BeeWhistlerand John Ritter’s mother
@beatmet2355 She was not John's mother. Tex Ritter was his father and his mom was Dorothy Fay.
The part where he talks to the Dutch girl is amazing. Just the fact that when asked what she would like, she simply says, that she just wants to stay with this sweet lady. She doesn't really ask for anything.
Given the chaos of her young life, she probably isn't sure, still, that she will get to stay with her.
@@Stevarooni I am assuming that she was evacuated during the Dutch famine or Hunger Winter (1944-1945) while Germany was still in occupation and not as a war refugee since most of those children were Jewish. It was a tough time for a lot of Europeans.
the little refugee orphan Dutch girl brought into play the humanity and human cost of WW2. Bringing a touch of home to the little girl, and a piece of self-celebration that this was why WW2 was fought to save the most innocent. There is a special and genuine truth to this scene.
in 1947 most Americans would have known what she had lived through and making their conversation all the more touching.
The actress at 4:47 is Thelma Ritter. You know her from Rear Window, where she played Stella.
You are right, Marion. She was the nurse in Rear Window!
Little Natalie Wood was a child star who became a major star later with movies like Rebel Without a Cause, Gypsy, West Side Story, etc.
The interaction with the Dutch girl is more wholesome than you'd think. She came from Rotterdam, which, post-WWII, she was orphaned. And when Santa asks her what she wants, she said nothing except to live with the nice lady that took her in.
It made my day to see how much you loved this movie. My family's favorite Christmas movie
people shouldnt think of their parents as liars, but rather people that loved them selflessly enough to give them a gift without signing their name.. like a jolly elf that comes in the night unseen, with only the spirit of love and giving on his mind
This is such a great classic Christmas movie.
Interesting to note that Kris Kringle bops Sawyer on the head @ 13:06 with what is clearly an umbrella but in the house at the end @ 25:33 that's clearly a walking stick/cane (although there is an umbrella lying down there too) so the earlier assertion that he might use the cane as a weapon wasn't entirely true 😉😁
It's one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time. As a New Yorker myself the Macy's store on 34th street is a landmark a national landmark? It was promoted to a national landmark in 1978. It was constructed in 1901.
what the little Dutch girl says when asked what she wanted , Nothing! I already have everything. I just want to stay with this lovely lady.
My great grandfather came to the US from Croatia in the early 1900s, our family always celebrated St Nicholas Day on December 6th. As a child I was taught that St Nicholas & Santa Claus were the same person who went by many names.
This is such a sweet movie. 😊 Thank you for sharing this one with us. Merry Christmas, M&J! 🌲
Has always been in my personal top 5 favorite XTC songs.
I'm a parent, a grandparent, and a great grandparent. In my own way, I still believe in Santa Claus. I want to never lose the magic in my heart.
We call him Saint Nick here in US too
Marian and Joy, have a Merry Christmas. God Bless You. Peace.
Thelma Ritter also starred in ‘All About Eve’ (1950) starring Bette Davis, ‘Titanic’ (1953) which starred Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb, ‘A Hole in the Head’ (1959) starring Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson, ‘The Misfits’ (1961) starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. But my favourite film starring Thelma Ritter is ‘Pillow Talk’ (1953) starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day with Tony Randall.
Santa is European.
Christmas tree is German origin. The USA (COKE) drew the Santa recognized around the world.
Merry Christmas!
Always a pleasure, you two. Happy Holidays.
I raised my kid celebrating Santa. She confronted and questioned me at an early age asking if Santa is real. I told her Saint Nicholas was a real man who lived a long time ago. He's remembered for caring about children and children loving him for his kindness. He died many years ago but he lives in the hearts of children. He will live on making our children's children happy for centuries to come. Is he real. Yes sorta, because he will outlive us all
I love this movie. It simply isn't Christmas without watching this movie on Christmas morning. I play my DVD every year.
St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children. ✌️
4:54 - "Where do I know this woman from?" If no one else has mentioned it, that's actress Thelma Ritter - she was the nurse in "Rear Window". (I'd recognize her voice anywhere!)
The postal employee who gets the idea to send the letters to the courthouse is most known to us as "Grandpa Joe" in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"!
Thanks I did not know that.
the little girl grows up in rl and becomes a great actress, look her up..
i always thought the role of the Lawyer should have been played by Jimmy Stewart...the role was custom was made for him. But John Payne did a great job.
😃 You guy's are in Romania ? 😁 WOW i ❤ Love to learn everything about Romania thank you for telling us about it. 😍😊🇺🇸🙏😇👍
That is the actual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade featured in the movie. They had cameras placed in strategic locations along the parade route.
My 2nd favorite Christmas movie. It's A Wonderful Life is always #1.
You 2 are such good souls. Here's a bit of valuable information regarding the name Santa Claus:
The name, Santa Claus was derived from the name Saint Nicholas but in the Dutch translation is shortened to Sinter Klaas which you can hear the Dutch girl sing with Kris
Thank you for this reaction, just a lovely little heartwarming film that brings a smile. Marian & Joy, I really appreciate your reflective commentary & contextual breakdown of the storylines. Say, if you have room for another Christmas movie (I know you did "It's a Wonderful Life " last year) here's a couple of really beautiful films: "The Shop Around the Corner" & "The Bishops Wife". Would love to see y'all react to these. 😊 --Blessings to you & a Merry Christmas!
The best part is you could come to any conclusion about the trail
I'm so delighted that you were able to see this wonderful film and react to it. It's very much of a New York story (my home). The actor portraying Kris (Edmund Gwenn) won an Oscar for his performance, and the Thanksgiving they were filming it (1946), he actually got permission to play Santa in the Macy's Parade (that was actual footage of him riding on the Santa Claus float). Oh, and one thing: a roasted goose was considered the most famous Christmas meal, and ham is right up there as well. (we always had Lasagna too)
I grew up in Brooklyn. In the late '50's, when I was 5 or 6, my mom took me shopping in that same Macy's store. I remember that day vividly. Mom bought me a present - a vinyl LP record : The Mickey Mouse Club. It cost $3. I remember wondering where she got the $3.
There is a movie called the story Santa Claus true-Santa was a orphan and raised by the village and then a man raised him and became cabinet and toy maker.
Great reaction, I could tell Joy was very touched. This movie always puts me in the Christmas spirit! Thanks Marian and Joy and happy holidays to you and your family!
I say that was an ideal reaction to this legendary holiday cornerstone, and an involving discussion afterwards in the bargain. I should have done this quite some time before now, but when better than the holidays to make a gift of my subscription?
Keep going, and Happy Cinema! 😎
Edmund Gwenn aka Santa was also in a classic SF movie THEM! (1954) It has a great story and cast.
@micpar2: ❤Love that li'l ol' guy!❤
To the original audience of this movie, the little Dutch girl "who had just come over" would have clearly been understood to be an orphan who lost her entire family during the War. She had been adopted by an American family who would have been complete strangers to her, and who brought her to a foreign land where she knew no one, a new home with a foreign language and foreign traditions.
You two are a charming couple. Glad you enjoyed this classic. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
You guys are always such a delight! Merry Christmas!
My FAVORITE Xmas movie…so glad you watched it
We also call him (Ol') Saint Nick.
St. Nicholas was of Greek extraction who lived in the 3rd century after the death of Christ. He became a bishop in a part of Asia Minor, now Turkey, where he was known for secret generosity and miracles.
Growing up in the 1960s my parents never told us that Santa Claus wasn't real. They knew we would eventually discover for ourselves, but didn't want things ruined for the younger children. In those days kids were given much more room to experience things with friends and schoolmates.
I grew up in the 80s and early 90s it was the same for me,I think we were the last generation to grow up that way
Natlie Wood the little girl. Grew up to be a adult movie star in the 1950's-83. She starred in the musical West Side Story from 1961. Sadly she drown under mysterious circumstances in June of 1981.
Enjoyed your reaction! St. Nicholas was the bishop of Myra in present day Turkey and is noted for striking the heretical bishop Arius across his face at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD when Arius blasphemed that Jesus was not the Son of God but merely a good mortal man. Saint Nicholas as bishop was always devoted to children and to the poor and is regarded as the patron saint of children - especially in the instance when in his diocese three little boys were murdered and chopped up into small pieces and put into three small wooden barrels, through his intercession with God for them, he brought all three back from the dead. When a poor man could not afford a dowry for his three daughters so they could marry, and instead they would have to be sold into prostitution, he secretly came by on three successive evenings and threw small bags of gold coins through the opened vent window above the door so they could then each get married.
Thanks!
Merry Christmas
I was delighted to see you laugh so much for this great classic. Thelma Ritter, the actress you asked about, impressed so many people with her brief performance in this, her first film, that it launched her career as a character actress. She was nominated a record six times for a best supporting actress Oscar. She was particularly memorable for her roles in "All About Eve," "Rear Window," "The Misfits," and "The Incident."
One of the wonderful things about this film is that, upon first viewing, many people come away from it thinking the movie told us that Kris really is Santa Claus. But upon repeated viewings, you realize that it is left ambiguous. Not only ambiguous, but, it really seems that he is NOT Santa Claus - that he truly is a just a smart, clever, charismatic, kindly old man. (A smart, clever, charismatic, kindly old man who speaks Dutch and memorizes the toy selection of every store in NYC! 😄) Think about the address he put on his job application - he had been living in an Old Folks Home on Long Island. The doctor from the Home seems to know him well, indicating he'd been there for some amount of time. One would think that the "real" Santa Claus would be living at the North Pole with his reindeer, etc. And, you realize that every gift that anyone gets in the film is never something that he himself got them, through magic or building it in his workshop - he just cleverly pulled the strings that got them what they wanted! The "miracle" that happened in this film can be any number of things: (1) getting corporations to put the customers' needs first (2) letting Susan be a child (3) softening Doris' heart, (4) Kris winning his hearing based on the selfish decision of a lowly Postal clerk.
But even with all that, there is still enough of an argument that can be made from the opposing view to say that he really was Santa - after all, for everything to work out the way it did, one might say there had to be some Christmas magic involved, and maybe it was all just Santa's chosen way of making it happen! Merry Christmas to you both!
Merry Christmas guys!!!❤❤
Stories of Santa Claus originated in Turkey.
Love your reaction! I've been watching these movie every Christmas for decades and get emotional every time.
The little girl, Natalie Wood, grew up to be one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and appeared in huge movies like West Side Story and Gypsy. Later she died under bizarre and suspicious circumstances, drowning after an argument with her husband on their yacht that was anchored off of Catalina.
Merry Christmas, MJoy!!
He's from Finland
27:00 my answer is that Santa Claus is a cultural appropriation of ODIN and it all started because He thought Maureen O'Hara was hot, he was coming down her chimney and eating her cookies JUST KIDDING GOD!
ODIN has a sense of humor
Usually #HailODIN
Merry Christmas guys🎄
Most people don't get the double meaning of the title but at the time of the movie, the two biggest department chains in America was Macy's and Gimbels. There business rivalry was the source of legend. People used to say for all sorts of occasions "Would Macy's tell Gimbels?" Each chain's flagship store was on 34th St. in NYC, a mere block away.
So in one sense, the first miracle was the CEO's shaking hands in front of Santa and all the reporters.
By the way, "Santa Claus" is a corruption of "St. Nicholas," an actual bishop in Turkey centuries ago. Supposedly, he snuck into this one house - ONE house - to leave money for the dowry of three daughters of a poor man. And according to Wiki: "Kris Kringle" comes from the German word Christkindl, meaning Christ child, because German children believe that the baby Jesus brings presents during the Christmas season."
35:00 But let's not offer a false hope.
fun movie. This movie and A Christmas Story and a few more will be on TV over and over and over again for the next few days. Merrry Christmas to you and thanks for the reaction.
My favorite Christmas movie!❤❤
This one was fun but I think the remake is better. Good though that you saw this one first so that you can decide for yourself which is better when you see the remake (next year perhaps).
You know Thelma Ritter from _Rear Window,_ I think? You liked that movie, right?
Merry Christmas Maurice & Joy
This is such a nice and well made movie. And great comments at the end.
St. Nicholas is Santa Claus in America! We call him jolly ol' St. Nick! (and we eat turkeys for Thanksgiving because they were and still are plentiful here) This movie is still one of my favorites!
This is my favorite Christmas movie, thanks. There was also a remake of this done in the 80's but the original was the only one that was a major motion picture. It won 4 Oscars, including Best Picture. Maureen O'Hara and John Payne were top draws in Hollywood at the time. It also had a young Natalie Wood, who became a Hollywood legend. Unfortunately Natalie died under mysterious circumstances when she drowned on a boat that also contained her husband (Actor Robert Wagner) and her then love interest (Actor Christopher Walken). Her death was listed as suspicious and the case remains open.
You bring up this gossip of Natalie wood drowning yet you NOT THERE!
@@Steve-gx9ot Not gossip, from the press release when they reopened the case in 2013. All I stated were the listed facts of the investigation. Natalie is one of my favorite female actors of all time. I adored her growing up. I am in no way trying to bring shade on Natalie. To the contrary, I want justice for her.
Hi. Ms. Joy and Mr. Marian, This Is My Favorite Christmas Movie. I'm found out the Little Girl "Susan Walker" is Natalie Wood She's In This Really Great Movie Called "West Side Story" Please React To This Beautiful Romance Musical Movie. It's One Of My Favorite Movies.
My fave Christmas movie though I love the remake if you combine the best parts from both movies you get the perfect Miracle
Yes, Santa Klaus is the German version of St. Nicholas, who was originally from Turkey. (Santa is Italian for "Saint"). While Saint Nick and the decorated trees came to America from Germany and England, Italian tradition celebrated the candies brought by La Bufana on Christmas Eve, gift were also given on January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany, celebrating in part the gifts brought to the child Jesus by the three Eastern Kings, or Magi (the Three Wise Men), which happens to be the twelfth day of Christmas.
The 90s version is also very good..a little more emotional... Great reaction. 😊
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Y’all should watch the Santa 🎅 Clause
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A wonderful movie and extremely talented actors! Please watch Cold Mountain. It’s a beautiful story ❤
thank you for not watching the colorized version
m erry Christmas
Why is the turkey/chicken wearing a fez?!?
Its a "Friends" reference.
@@jayalexander3356Oh, I thought it was because the turkey is from "Turkey"!
This movie was so funny. It was a blend of cynicism and faith.
The real Santa Claus is St Nicholas of Myra also known as Nicholas of Bari, Born on the 15th of March 270 AD, Patara, Türkiye ( of Greek desent ) and Died on the 6th of December 343 AD, in Myra, Türkiye
He spent most of his life doing good and is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people.
A shortened form of the Sint Nikolaas, which is translated as the Dutch name for St. Nicholas became Sinter Klaas which in turn the English language corrupted down into Santa Claus
The tradition of a Christmas tree in the house comes from Germany and made popular queen Victoria and price Albert in the UK
I hope you are making parol with your daughter it's goid to keep up traditions
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You two are great. Joy is an intelligent woman. Wish you both and your child a wonderful Christmas and a great year ahead.
The mother of the little boy who wanted a fire truck was played by Thelma Ritter. Here is her Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Ritter