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“The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.”

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Author:Beth Henley

“I make personal appearances around the country. I'm starting a book tour now, and I may be coming to Toronto with the Learning Annex, which I'm doing all through the United States, so that may come up just before Christmas.”

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Author:Burt Ward

“Besides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on.”

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Author:Chris Frantz

“For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus.”

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Author:Chris Pine

“It felt very natural to me to write a Christmas song, but at the same time I had to really put all sorts of pressure aside and just let the creativity flow and see what came out.”

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Author:Christina Perri

“Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to.”

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Author:Christina Perri

“It is always weird to be in the studio working on Christmas music in June and July, so we decorated the entire studio, we really did. We brought out lights, fake trees and decorated the place to get in the Christmas spirit. You'd leave the studio, and it'd be 100 degrees out in Nashville, but nonetheless, a great experience.”

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Author:Dave Haywood

“You know, I started my career in politics in 1967. I'm not new to this. I did not just fall off the Christmas tree. I understand the world is complex. I know that there are people out there who want to hurt other people.”

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Author:Dennis Kucinich

“One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life', which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.”

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Author:Frank Darabont

“I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.”

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Author:Gary Barlow

“In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time.”

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Author:George J. Mitchell

“My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas.”

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Author:George Weah

“I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence and just about everything that goes along with Christmas.”

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Author:Hillary Scott

“I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he?”

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Author:Ian St John

“Christmas albums are not something you do frequently.”

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Author:Isaac Hanson

“There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album.”

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Author:Isaac Hanson

“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).”

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Author:Janet Napolitano

“When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going; there was no reason to quit.”

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Author:Jeff Dunham

“South Park started as a little video Christmas card.”

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Author:Joel Hodgson

“I used to know Jennifer Love Hewitt. We lived in the same apartment building when I was about... jeez, I guess it was when I was doing 'Christmas Vacation', so I was about 13 or 14.”

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Author:Johnny Galecki

“I wouldn't recommend young kids see 'Speedway Junkie.' It's definitely an age-appropriate movie - dark and realistic and edgy. If young kids want to see me, go see the Christmas movie.”

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Author:Jonathan Taylor Thomas

“In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year.”

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Author:Keith Thibodeaux

“I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'”

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Author:Kurtis Blow

“In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous over eating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die!”

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Author:Lloyd Kaufman

“I grew up with the classics. My mom and I would sit and watch 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'White Christmas' - those kind of movies.”

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Author:Lucas Grabeel

“I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where I woke up Christmas morning and had toys. I know that's not the case with all people and I don't think kids should go without experiencing that sort of joy.”

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Author:Lucy Hale

“My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Christmas was a pair of trampoline moon shoes. You strap them to your feet and they have springs on them, and you can just jump around!”

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Author:Lucy Hale

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

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Author:Max Greenfield

“I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit by a really bad tornado. Values there have gone down but I guarantee they will be up again in eight years. So I'll get in now while it's cheap as chips.”

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Author:Melanie Brown

“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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Author:Miranda Cosgrove

“I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!”

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Author:Nancy Kerrigan

“We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible.”

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Author:Peter Agre

“My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.”

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Author:Pico Iyer

“Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin?”

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Author:Pippa Middleton

“I think we felt the pressure more at first than this time around. But still you don't want to let anyone down. I never even met Patrick until we had a Christmas party at Ian McKellen's house on the first movie and then I didn't see him again until the premiere.”

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Author:Rebecca Romijn

“Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation.”

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Author:Robert Teeter

“I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas.”

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Author:Robert Teeter

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

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Author:Robin Trower

“It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.”

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Author:Samantha Stosur

“Yeah, I started when I was 6 years old. My brother and sister would get all of these presents at Christmas time from the cast and crew of their show and I was jealous. So I decided that I had to become an actor.”

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Author:Sara Gilbert

“Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress.”

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Author:Sarah Polley

“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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Author:Spike Jonze

“I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards.”

Years Kind Made Said Couple Standards Years Ago Western Albums Christmas Reviews Swings Site Flavor

Author:Suzy Bogguss

“I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album.”

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Author:Tanya Tucker

“During the holidays, everyone needs a break from studying for exams and Christmas shopping. I wanted to put together a diverse tour that rocks in many musical directions but always points to Christ.”

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Author:TobyMac

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

Christmas Coming Out Cds

Author:TobyMac

“Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time.”

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Author:Tony Visconti

“But Tammy Faye calls me, and Ron Jeremy calls me, Erik Estrada sends me a Christmas card every year.”

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Author:Trishelle Cannatella

“We should celebrate Christmas throughout the year, but I believe the whole concept of giving was the basis of Christmas, that it was a charitable, you know, giving, and I think we got carried away with giving.”

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Author:Victoria Osteen

“Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.”

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Author:Whitley Strieber

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