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" Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. "

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" When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge. "

" The term 'natural resources' confuses people. 'Natural resources' are not like a finite number of gifts under the Christmas tree. Nature is given, but resources are created. "

" I always felt like what I was doing wasn't selling toys; I was making a happy sound at Christmas. When people hear something so familiar, it brings them back to a special place, and that's been meaningful for me. "

" Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century. "

" There I am, watching Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of my favourite actors in the world, walk into the room dressed up as Father Christmas, being hilarious, and I'm suddenly thinking, 'Where am I?' "

" I'm not going to tell you to meditate on what Christmas really means and be thankful. "

" Christmas is a time for slipping into familiar patterns. "

" The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts. "

David Friedrich Strauss

" My brothers and sisters, true love is a reflection of the Savior's love. In December of each year we call it the Christmas spirit. You can hear it. You can see it. You can feel it. "

Thomas S. Monson

" Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up. "

" Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! "

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" What I love about Christmas music is it stays around every year and comes back. "

" I do love Christmas, although my wife puts me to shame. She is a huge Christmas fan, so we do love us some Christmas in our house. "

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" I love Halloween. I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas. I love New Year's. "

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" No matter what else is going on, Christmas is my all-time favorite period in the year. It has a positive effect on me like very little else does, seasonally, that is. "

" I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. "

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" It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs. "

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" My mom is a really good cook. I didn't get the cooking gene, but she cooks this really amazing dinner every Christmas, and that's always really fun. "

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