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" Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It's a time when people are more kind and open-hearted. "

Gisele Bundchen

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" I'm a twin, I'm a Cancer; I'm always taking care of other people. I've always been the fixer in the family, the responsible one. "

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" My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass. "

" I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time. "

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" I think it's great for my boys to have a girl in the house, just to understand at least a little bit about what makes a woman tick - not that I can certainly figure that out, because I can't. "

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" My parents still treat Christmas like I'm thirteen years old. "

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" My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Christmas was a pair of trampoline moon shoes. You strap them to your feet and they have springs on them, and you can just jump around! "

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" The mind is more powerful than anything. So, during the birth I wasn't thinking about the pain. I was in a meditation state. I was concentrating the whole time, thinking, 'Oh my God, it's time. I am going to meet my baby. What is he going to look like?' "

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" I am not the first person to give birth naturally. Billions of other women have come before me and have done this - so why can't I do it? "

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