Christmas Quotes

"I have so many great memories of Christmas because we're always spending it with the family." — Rudy Gobert”

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"Christmas dinner, when you're the one cooking it, is an oddly spiritual gesture." — Grace Dent”

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"On Christmas Eve, we have a duck or roast pork with caramelised potatoes, braised red cabbage and gravy. For dessert, we have ris a l'amande, a rice pudding, and whoever gets the whole almond in it wins an extra present. Then we dance around the tree and sing carols." — Birgitte Hjort Sorensen”

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"I would love a big family. I have this vision in my mind where I have four or five children, and then, when I'm in my 60s, it's Christmas, and all my kids come home with their spouses and lots of grandchildren. By the end of it, there are 40 to 50 people in my house, and I look around, feeling totally happy, surrounded by my family." — Johanna Konta”

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"I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas." — Faith Hill”

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"I love Christmas. I never used to. I didn't hate it, but I could take it or leave it. But, as I got to the age of 25 or 26, Christmas became quite a big deal, and I love it now. I love the food, and I love sharing time with people." — James McAvoy”

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"Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions." — Ellen Hopkins”

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"After church on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, my family would go chop down our Christmas tree. Once it was home and placed in its stand, Mom and I would painstakingly decorate our tree. It took hours to place the tinsel, string the lights, find the perfect spot for my favorite macaroni and felt ornaments from kindergarten." — Molly O'Keefe”

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"Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom's home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch." — Malaika Arora Khan”

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"At Christmas, it's my siblings running around the house, we're cooking, talking, laughing, loud and just crazy. It's beautiful chaos." — Tika Sumpter”

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"I love presents, But since I've gotten older, I haven't really wanted anything. Christmas is about family." — Jacob Latimore”

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"When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon - all served with black beans and rice. It's festive but different." — Maya Angelou”

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"Christmas means a great deal to me. I was reared in a family that celebrated Christmas to some extent, but I married into a family that celebrated Christmas in a big way. And my wife always made a big thing of Christmas for the children. We have five children, and we had a terrific time at Christmas." — Billy Graham”

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"My Christmases have always just been very simple and about family." — Julie Roberts”

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

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"The most classic French dessert around the holidays is the Christmas log, with butter cream. Two flavors. Chocolate and coconut. My first job in the kitchen when I was a boy was to make these Christmas logs." — Alain Ducasse”

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"We made rice balls every Thanksgiving and Christmas. My family formed an assembly line. You'd play with it, stuff it, roll it in breadcrumbs, and then drop it into the fryer. We'd make so many of them. My family not only planned their meals; we planned the leftovers, too." — Antonia Lofaso”

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"When I was a child in England before the war, Christmas pudding always contained at least one shiny new sixpence, and it was considered a sign of great good luck for the new year to find one in your helping of the pudding." — Michael Korda”

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"We always do a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas Eve, but my mom always gets really nice gifts for it. And we hang out in our PJs on Christmas Day." — Lacey Chabert”

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"Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table." — Yotam Ottolenghi”

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"Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning... it's a tradition my family has followed since I was very little." — Malaika Arora Khan”

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"Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there." — Amy Grant”

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"During the holiday season, Christmas specifically, it can be hard to be away from family and friends." — Monica Johnson”

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"We go to Italy every winter, and my husband's mother has a bingo party on Christmas. Every woman brings a dish: lentils, cavolo nero, tons of beans, polenta, every type of cheese, bruschetta, fresh vegetables, and local olive oil and wine." — Debi Mazar”

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"My dad likes to recite the story of 'Pablo the Donkey' before dinner to teach us the real meaning of Christmas. Every year, it's the same; every year, we cringe!" — Mallory Jansen”

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