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" My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes. "

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" I celebrate Christmas with wilful glee. "

" I think you can feel good about yourself at any size and any shape. Nobody should be made to feel inferior because they have a certain body type. "

" Most of the soap operas always use the Christmas special to kill huge quantities of their characters. So they have trams coming off their rails, or cars slamming into each other or burning buildings. It's a general clean-out. "

Julian Fellowes

" Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. "

" The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other. "

" The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had - it's a fresh start. "

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

" My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people. "

" For many of us, Christmas lunch is the most special meal of the year - and I certainly want nothing but the very best for this celebration. "

Sheherazade Goldsmith

" When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled. "

" Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I'm going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work. "

" A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. "

Garrison Keillor

" I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I realized that I hadn't done it. "

" 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

" My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas. "

" One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that. "

" At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child. "

Queen Elizabeth II

" Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around. "

" Farmers' markets are one of my favourite sources for Christmas goodies. "

Sheherazade Goldsmith

" In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We were on the SS Washington, bound for New York, Christmas 1934. "

Jack Steinberger

" I am a bit of a mother hen at Christmas! I always prepare in advance. It is the only way; otherwise, it can be really daunting. "

" Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. "

" I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy. "

" I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. "

" It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it. "

" The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs. "

" I had a Commodore, and then I remember getting a Nintendo for Christmas and it being a total game-changer. And the hours that I would spend playing the video game and trying to convince my mother that it was improving my hand-eye coordination. It was a worthy use of time. It made my hand-eye coordination better! "

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

Stephen Graham Jones

" I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song. "

" Easter may seem boring to children, and it is blessedly unencumbered by the silly fun that plagues Christmas. Yet it contains the one thing needful for every human life: the good news of Resurrection. "

Frederica Mathewes-Green