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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Played with in the character of Mr. Macy. He can be easily led to do the right thing...so long as there's a payoff. He winds up enthusiastically supporting the "goodwill campaign" Kris starts due to the commercial success it receives. He is later asked point blank in court whether he believes in Santa - and after considering the negative press he'd get from saying "no", sticks up for Kris and fires the psychiatrist who started the whole mess.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Played with in the character of Mr. Macy. He can be easily led to do the right thing...so long as there's a payoff. He winds up enthusiastically supporting the "goodwill campaign" Kris starts due to the commercial success it receives. He is later asked point blank in court whether he believes in Santa - and after considering the negative press he'd get from saying "no", sticks up for Kris and fires the psychiatrist who started the whole mess.
* [[Courtroom Antic]]: Fred Gailey's work in the hearing such as arguing Kris is sane because he is the one and only Santa Claus, putting the prosecutor's son on the stand to make him concede a legal point and of course the bags of mail at the end. Justified in that the Judge was worried about the political fallout from this hearing if he was forced to rule against Kris and was more than willing to give Gailey as much chance to legitimately win as he can.
* [[Courtroom Antic]]: Fred Gailey's work in the hearing such as arguing Kris is sane because he is the one and only Santa Claus, putting the prosecutor's son on the stand to make him concede a legal point and of course the bags of mail at the end. Justified in that the Judge was worried about the political fallout from this hearing if he was forced to rule against Kris and was more than willing to give Gailey as much chance to legitimately win as he can.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: Early pressings of the Blu-Ray version had covers promising a new, colorized version inside. The disc actually contains only the original black-and-white version, as well as some extra features. (20th Century Fox had previously sold colorized versions on VHS and DVD.)
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: Early pressings of the Blu-Ray version had covers promising a new, colorized version inside. The disc actually contains only the original black-and-white version, as well as some extra features (20th Century Fox had previously sold colorized versions on VHS and DVD).
* [[Ethnic Menial Labor]]: The beginning of the film briefly shows a black housekeeper named Cleo preparing the Thanksgiving dinner when Dorothy returns from the parade. Cleo was played by an uncredited Theresa Harris, who had a long career that included many roles as maids.
* [[Ethnic Menial Labor]]: The beginning of the film briefly shows a black housekeeper named Cleo preparing the Thanksgiving dinner when Dorothy returns from the parade. Cleo was played by an uncredited Theresa Harris, who had a long career that included many roles as maids.
* [[Hollywood Law]]: Since Fred was out of the room when the postal workers were talking to him, no judge would have let the prosecuting attorney present final arguments with the defense absent.
* [[Hollywood Law]]: Since Fred was out of the room when the postal workers were talking to him, no judge would have let the prosecuting attorney present final arguments with the defense absent.
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* [[Just in Time]]: Played with - the Postal Service contacts Fred Gailey literally during the final arguments.
* [[Just in Time]]: Played with - the Postal Service contacts Fred Gailey literally during the final arguments.
* [[Mall Santa]]: Played with, since Kris clearly believes himself to be Santa.
* [[Mall Santa]]: Played with, since Kris clearly believes himself to be Santa.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: The film never does conclusively tell us if Kris is really Santa. {{spoiler|But the scene at the end of the film where Kris' cane appears in the house Susan asked him to get for her certainly makes ''Fred'' a believer.}}
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: The film never does conclusively tell us if Kris is really Santa. {{spoiler|But the scene at the end of the film where Kris' cane appears in the house Susan asked him to get for her certainly makes ''Fred'' a believer.}}
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: The psychiatrist that works for Macy's pretends to be unconscious from being rapped on the head with an umbrella.
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: The psychiatrist that works for Macy's pretends to be unconscious from being rapped on the head with an umbrella.
* [[Napoleon Delusion]]: Kris is assumed by the other characters to be suffering this.
* [[Napoleon Delusion]]: Kris is assumed by the other characters to be suffering this.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Doris has a fur coat.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Doris has a fur coat.
* [[Psycho Psychologist]]: Mr. Sawyer is a rather mild case compared to others in this category. He's simply employed by Macy's to give employment tests, but envisions himself as a great psychiatrist and enjoys using that status to bully others. He quickly comes to hate Kris due to his passing the psychiatric exam and then turning it around on him, and later tries to have Kris committed both as revenge on him and also to prevent him from telling Mr. Macy about Sawyer's practicing psychiatry without a license on the premises. He gets his come-uppance when Macy just fires him anyway during the trial.
* [[Psycho Psychologist]]: Mr. Sawyer is a rather mild case compared to others in this category. He's simply employed by Macy's to give employment tests, but envisions himself as a great psychiatrist and enjoys using that status to bully others. He quickly comes to hate Kris due to his passing the psychiatric exam and then turning it around on him, and later tries to have Kris committed both as revenge on him and also to prevent him from telling Mr. Macy about Sawyer's practicing psychiatry without a license on the premises. He gets his comeuppance when Macy just fires him anyway during the trial.
* [[Romancing the Widow]]: The divorcee in Doris' case. Fred Gailey admits part of his reason for taking such an interest in Susan was to help him get closer to her mother.
* [[Romancing the Widow]]: The divorcee in Doris' case. Fred Gailey admits part of his reason for taking such an interest in Susan was to help him get closer to her mother.
* [[The Runt At the End]]: At the climactic moment of the film, a parade of burly bailiffs stream into the courtroom each toting two large bags of mail; the parade ends with a smaller bailiff carrying a single bag.
* [[The Runt At the End]]: At the climactic moment of the film, a parade of burly bailiffs stream into the courtroom each toting two large bags of mail; the parade ends with a smaller bailiff carrying a single bag.
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