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" Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving. "

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" 'Make your plate look like a Christmas tree,' I tell people, 'mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.' "

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" Mummy weighed sweets and nuts so that everyone would get exactly the same amount. During the year, everything is measured roughly, but at Christmas, it has to be absolutely fair. That's why it's such a strenuous time. "

" Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think. "

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" I've played D&D for years. I'm a comic book guy. Comic-Con in San Diego is nerd Christmas for me. "

" Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life. "

" It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends. "

Christopher Hitchens

" I hate Christmas, really. I don't really give presents away or expect any. "

" One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.' "

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" It was, you know, probably 80 degrees out in L.A., and my dad took me outside and there was snow. At the time, I thought, 'Every kid doesn't have snow in their backyard on Christmas?' "

" I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there. "

" I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing. "

George Kotsiopoulos

" Now, a lot of what we are doing right now, quite frankly, is because of what happened on Christmas. Many of the things were kind of in the works. We were already planning, for example, the purchase and deployment of advanced imaging technology. You call them body scanners. We call them AITs (Advanced Imaging Technologies). "

Janet Napolitano

" I love 'White Christmas.' That's one of my favorites just because I love the music. I love the story, Bing Crosby. It's just one of my all time favorites. And it's hard to have a Christmas without seeing a little bit of Jimmy Stewart and angels running around town. "

" I didn't feel the need to rebel as a teenager. From age nine to 16, I went to school in Montreux in Switzerland, and it was heaven. I went to England for the Easter holidays, Cyprus for Christmas and summer holidays, and I was delighted to have that independence. "

" There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh. "

" Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! "

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" I'm Jewish and my wife isn't so right now we're literally decorating a Christmas tree with Jewish stars draped around it. "