Written after the movie but follows George Seaton's timeless screen play about a Macy's Santa possibly being the 'real' thing (after all, his name is Kris Kringle!). How delightful to read one of my favorite movies. Maybe if I had never seen the old movie I wouldn't have rated it so high. But so be it. Still love the quote from both the movie and the book: Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to (spoken by Fred Gayley, Kris Kringle's lawyer). note: this book is actually shelved with adult fiction rather than children's in our local library ( )

This was a sweet story, without being saccharine. I'm not a big Santa fan, though I like St. Nicholas, but I love imagination and this book is full of it. ( )