Percy Helton
(as Drunken Santa Claus)
Kris Kringle:
[smells other Santa's breath] You've been drinking.
Drunken Santa Claus: Well, it's cold outside. A man's gotta do something to keep warm.
Drunken Santa Claus: Well, it's cold outside. A man's gotta do something to keep warm.
Edmund Gwenn
(as Kris Kringle)
Edmund Gwenn
(as Kris Kringle)
Kris Kringle:
No, but don't you see, dear? Some children wish for things they couldn't possibly use like real locomotives or B-29s.
Edmund Gwenn
(as Kris Kringle)
Kris Kringle:
Now wait a minute, Susie. Just because every child can't get his wish that doesn't mean there isn't a Santa Claus.
Edmund Gwenn
(as Kris Kringle)
Kris Kringle:
Oh, Christmas isn't just a day, it's a frame of mind... and that's what's been changing. That's why I'm glad I'm here, maybe I can do something about it.
Edmund Gwenn
(as Kris Kringle)
Kris Kringle:
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig! Home again, home again, jiggety-jig. To market, to market, to buy a fat hog! Home again, home again, jiggety-...
Edmund Gwenn
(as Kris Kringle)
Kris Kringle:
You know what the imagination is?
Susan Walker: Oh, sure. That's when you see things, but they're not really there.
Kris Kringle: Well, that can be caused by other things, too.
Susan Walker: Oh, sure. That's when you see things, but they're not really there.
Kris Kringle: Well, that can be caused by other things, too.
Edmund Gwenn
(as Kris Kringle)
Kris Kringle:
You see, Mrs. Walker, this is quite an opportunity for me. For the past 50 years or so I've been getting more and more worried about Christmas. Seems we're all so busy trying to beat the other fellow in making things go faster and look shinier and cost less that Christmas and I are sort of getting lost in the shuffle.
Maureen O'Hara
(as Doris Walker)
Doris Walker:
I was wrong when I told you that, Susie. You must believe in Mr. Kringle and keep right on doing it. You must have faith in him.
Edmund Gwenn
(as Kris Kringle)
Doris:
Would you please tell her that you're not really Santa Claus, that actually is no such person?
Kris Kringle: Well, I hate to disagree with you, but not only IS there such a person, but here I am to prove it.
Kris Kringle: Well, I hate to disagree with you, but not only IS there such a person, but here I am to prove it.
