A one-hour television adaptation of the film starring Teresa Wright and Thomas Mitchell was shown in 1955 as part of The 20th Century Fox Hour. It was re-run later with a new title, Meet Mr. Kringle.

A live television version of the film was shown in 1959 starring Ed Wynn as Kris Kringle.

A television movie version of Miracle on 34th Street was broadcast in 1973 starring Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Roddy McDowall and Sebastian Cabot as Kris Kringle.

In 1994 a big budget re-make written and produced by John Hughes was released starring Elizabeth Perkins in the Maureen O'Hara role, Dylan McDermott in the John Payne role, Mara Wilson in the Natalie Wood role and Richard Attenborough in the Edmund Gwenn role. Macy's, however, wanted no part of the remake and refused to lend its name. The department store in this version is called Cole's.

Valentine Davies, who conceived of the original story for Miracle on 34th Street, published a novella version of the story in 1947 when the film was released.

A musical version of Miracle on 34th Street called Here's Love created by Meredith Wilson ran on Broadway in 1963. It starred Janis Paige, Craig Stevens and Laurence Naismith.

Stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne and Edmund Gwenn reprised their roles in Miracle on 34th Street for a Lux Radio Theatre production of the story on December 22, 1947 and again on December 20, 1948 and December 21, 1954.

Macy's Herald Square has shown a 30 minute version of the story in its Puppet Theater during Christmastime featuring voices of Broadway stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Victoria Clark.

In 1999 Macy's Herald Square chose Miracle on 34th Street as the theme of its famed Christmas windows display. Its windows were adorned with miniature recreations of the film's most famous scenes with the old-fashioned mechanical style window displays that were phased out in the 1960s. Macy's Creative Design executive Sam Joseph said at the time, "I thought, wouldn't it be kind of cool to say goodbye to this century the way they said goodbye to the last century? What better vehicle to use than Miracle on 34th Street?" Maureen O'Hara was recruited as Macy's special guest who unveiled the windows to the public and signed autographs. "I know John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Kris Kringle are up in heaven looking down on us and smiling," she said.

Maureen O'Hara was welcomed back again to Macy's in 2004 where she made an official appearance to sign copies of her autobiography 'Tis Herself.

Even to this day Macy's mentions the film by name on its website, boasting proudly, "The still-classic holiday film Miracle on 34th Street opened in 1947 and is set in Macy's Herald Square, proving that Macy's has the one and only true Santa Claus."

by Andrea Passafiume