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" Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible. "

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" I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow. "

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

" Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh. "

" I love Christmas. I'm totally the 'decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super-early' guy. "

" Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas. "

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" Pfft, I hate Christmas Day. It's for children and families. Not for people like me. "

" When I first started shooting 'Sharpe,' back in the early 1990s, I'd kiss my two elder daughters goodbye at the end of August - Evie wasn't even born then - and I wouldn't see them again until Christmas. That was tough. They were hard times. "

" One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn. "

" 'White Christmas' is one of my favorite movies, so I've always just had a love for that kind of golden era musical. "

" I started making music... I guess I was 12, and I started playing 'Guitar Hero.' And you know, it got to a point where on expert, you can only exceed to a certain point. And so, you know, I was like, 'Let's play real guitar. Let's not waste more time.' So, I got my mom, I told her to buy me a guitar for Christmas, and I started making music then. "

" I've always really liked being active. I do Spinning classes, I run, I have a trainer, I do Pilates with my sister Shade. "

" That is what Christmas should be about, I think - togetherness and playfulness. It's like a game. "

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" I like indoor Christmas trees. And I like people who decorate their homes with lights and all that crap. I think it's a healthy outlet for them. If they weren't covering their lawns with twinkling lights, they'd be doing something that was really, really creepy. "

" I love London in the rare parts of the year when it's quiet, and no time is more reliably quiet than the week between Christmas and New Year. "

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