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Okay, I actually totally forgot about Meet Me in St. Louis (thanks commenters) and I meant to include this year. So let's put these two against each other since Miracle seemed to be winning by more than double :) 

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Bill Staley

As for classic movie. Have you seen Citizen Kane? Near the top of most "greatest movies ever made" lists.

Paul Cox

The original Miracle is kind of *the* Christmas movie—even more so than IAWL, imo—but these are both superb (as is White Christmas...I do love a classic Christmas movie!).

Michael F.

Meet Me in St. Louis is one of my all time favorite movies! (We just watched it over the weekend!) Not just for Christmas. It's probably because I grew up in St. Louis. I just love the nostalgia of a time gone by. I've got a little bit of World's Fair memorabilia. My Great Great Aunts actually worked in the fair. The family came over to the US in 1902 from Ukraine. My great great grandparents sent the kids out every day to collect English words for everyone to learn. I don't remember which ones they were that worked at the fair. Aunt Mercia and Aunt Sylvia (the only 2 I ever met) told me stories about the fair, and the shops, and the exhibits (after all it was the Louisiana Purchase Exposition...) I've just always had a fascination with the fair. I imagine Meet Me in St. Louis to be a stylized, but homey reminiscence about the time. (It's actually based on a book. And, the book is fun, too.) Ah, well... Miracle on 34th Street (the original) is, in our house, the first official movie of the Holiday Season. We always watch it Thanksgiving night. (Usually after the turkey/stuffing/sweet potato/cranberry stuff induced coma/nap.) It just sets the tone for the season nicely. So... I can go either way. But, my preference would be Meet Me in St. Louis. (Oh, yeah... Judy Garland is also in it! But, so is Lucille Bremmer, and Mary Astor, and Leon Ames, and Marjorie Main, and Margaret O'Brien, and the girl that plays Agnes... I can never remember her name. Joan Carroll... I just looked her up. *Ahhh* Fun times. Either way, I'm good.