Quotes about Christmas

“I've been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play.”

“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.”

“It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.”

“When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more interested in pure manipulation than in all the silly little tricks in the box.”

“I put up my Christmas tree entirely too early. I'm one of those people.”

“Tom Petty sent me this amazing 12-string Rickenbacker, and 'Not for You' was the first time I used it. It was like a Christmas present. One day, it just showed up at my door. I called him up and thanked him.”

“For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It's a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking and making merry.”

“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.”

“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?”

“I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom's family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car - it was the late sixties - and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols.”

“Christmas sits like a black hole on the calendar. Just try scheduling a meeting at work the month of December.”

“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.”

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

“Comic-Con is nerd Christmas. People go wanting to have fun.”

“I spent pretty much all my wages from 'No Country For Old Men' on a pair of cowboy boots. They're ridiculous. It's like wearing two Christmas trees on my legs.”

“It's a great time to do a show, at Christmas time. People are by and large in a Christmas frame of mind.”

“The league has been good to all of us in terms of what we get out of all these TV contracts and everything, so it would be a little disingenuous to complain too much. But if I had my way, we'd take a five-day break at Christmas. I mean it.”

“Growing up, my earliest memories are listening to Sinatra Christmas albums.”

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

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

“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.”