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" One Christmas I had no money, and so I went home and just, like, wrote a poem; I mean, I didn't write them, but I just handed out poems as Christmas presents. Like, 'Here's a Pablo Neruda poem that really made me think of you.' "

June Diane Raphael

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" One Christmas, Dennis Dermody, the movie critic of 'Paper,' gave me 'Rock Hudson: A Gathering of Friends,' the master invitation list from Rock Hudson's memorial service. It's so great. Everyone's in it, with personal addresses all bound into a book. Someone else once gave me Ike Turner's will. I get great stuff. "

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" I'm not going to put out a Christmas CD until it's coming out of me naturally. "

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" Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. "

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

Christopher Hitchens

" The ebulliently sharp mind of 'White Christmas' director Walter Bobbie made me tremble and strive in the same breath. The deceptively 'simple' dialogue of David Ives, asking every actor to just. say. it. Float it on the breeze; it doesn't need 'explanation,' just energy and truth. "

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

" T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. "

" I'm like everybody: I gain the Christmas 10 or so, and then I try to exercise more and dial it back. "

" 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. "

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" Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice. "

" The crown of lamb has always been a quintessential Christmas dish, and growing up in India, we would read about lamb when learning about the holiday. "

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" Christmas really is about all the cliches: health, happiness and love. A future with my family is the important thing... to stay alive for them. "

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" The sight of people sleeping on the streets hits us hardest around Christmas and New Year. We see them camped out alone on the freezing concrete, and we think, with a rush of guilt, about heading home to our families and our soft beds. "

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