Review of Miracle on 34th Street

I finally saw this movie after all of these years and I was VERY disappointed in its total lack of logic. (I realize it's just a movie but if you want me to believe that that guy is Santa Claus, you have to make me believe in the movie first.) He says he's Santa Claus but he lives in an old folks' home. If he's Santa Claus, wouldn't he live at the North Pole? Does this not bother anyone else? I thought the ham-handed seriousness of the mother was a bit over-the-top (she's less of a believer than I am, I guess). We get it, you're an atheist and that's how you raised your daughter. The movie really could have done without that. I think you don't need Super Skeptic as the foil for a guy saying he's Santa Claus. Any six people on the street would be fine.