"They discuss the motivations for Robie""s past crimes and career as a thief, and how he transferred trapeze artistry skills o burglary.BackgroundMiracle on 34th Street(1947) is director George Seaton""s popular and perennial Thanksgiving and Christmas classic holiday film - a dramatic comedy-fantasy about the commercialization of Santa Claus (Kris Kringle) and Christmas itself.Each of the screens is blown or swept away with cigarette smoke.In the opening sequence, an unidentified hand and finger press in the doorbell buzzer of a mansion doorway.Plot SynopsisThe theme and methodology of the film, consisting of a prologue, two acts and a short epilogue, is described by title cards:Our play is made up of four separate stories, laid in different periods of history, each with its own set of characters.