Christmas Quotes - Page 2

I hate Christmas, really. I don't really give pres... -Joy Bryant

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

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Expresses a strong dislike for Christmas and the associated traditions of giving and receiving gifts.

I stone got crazy when I saw somebody run down them strings with a bottleneck. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and I said that I had to learn.

Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to come up short when you measure your personal life against the idealized personal lives that are constantly thrust in our faces, primarily by TV commercials.

I like day-after-Christmas omelets, day-after Christmas pizzas... Or you take croissant rolls, put gravy on top, turkey, mashed potatoes, cheese, more gravy. That sounds good!

I'm a disorganized mess. My purse is gross: I once found a shoulder pad, string cheese, and a Christmas ornament in it!

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.

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

I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only using the instruments I had at hand - an acoustic guitar, and that's all. It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar.

I'd have to say, for me, as a child, my favorite memories were always centered around Christmas time. It always seemed like no matter how much money my parents had or didn't have, we got completely spoiled rotten. There were always presents under the tree, and we always did special things, like hide elves around the house.

The last Christmas movie I really liked was 'It's a Wonderful Life,' probably. It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments. It still gets to me every year.

I love making savory stratas for Christmas morning. I get excited about it. It's a polenta strata with homemade bread, with a billion eggs and Parmesan cheese. I'll drizzle truffle oil over the whole thing, which will just destroy people. It's amazing.

Every Christmas Eve, the elves will come and give ... -Sabrina Carpenter

Every Christmas Eve, the elves will come and give us a new pair of pajamas.

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Describes a family tradition in which new pajamas are provided on Christmas Eve by "elves," adding to the festive spirit of the holiday.

I have a love/hate relationship with Amy Grant, but I do go back to her Christmas albums once in a while. They're dated and sentimental and the production is nearly unlistenable, but there's something about her vocal performance that just feels really true. I would take her Christmas albums over Mariah Carey's or Destiny's Child's any day.

I don't think of Home Depot as romantic, but I do think the Christmas wonderland they put up during the holidays is magical. That is what Home Depot is to me, and that is the only romantic thing about it.

I grew up as a photo nut. Every Christmas I would ... -Kevin Systrom

I grew up as a photo nut. Every Christmas I would get a new camera. It's a huge part of my life.

I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing while changing a baby, or songs about annoying things that I sing to myself, or to friends while sitting at a bar, or about Christmas or New York.

I loved the first Christmas I had in England.... -Blythe Danner

I loved the first Christmas I had in England.

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Conveys a positive impression of the speaker's first Christmas experience in England, suggesting that it was a memorable and enjoyable time.

Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.

Christmas for me is a time for being close to my f... -Tarja Turunen

Christmas for me is a time for being close to my family and those close to me.

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Expresses the speaker's perspective on Christmas as a period for bonding and closeness with both family members and close friends.

I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside.

Halloween isn't the only time for ghosts and ghost stories. In Victorian Britain, spooky winter's tales were part of the Christmas season, often told after dinner, over port or coffee.

I know CEOs, and they get sick when they have to l... -Mark Goulston

I know CEOs, and they get sick when they have to lay people off, especially around Christmas.

The joy of Christmas causes hundreds of radio stations around the country to play Christmas music all day, and people will exchange millions of gifts to remember the first gift of Christmas, the infant Jesus.

I'm over the moon to be involved in the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special. I can't quite believe it as it's a part of the family tradition at the Jenkins household. I heard the news that I got the role on my 30th birthday and it was the best birthday present ever.

I love London in the rare parts of the year when it's quiet, and no time is more reliably quiet than the week between Christmas and New Year.

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city ... -William Tecumseh Sherman

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did ... -Katharine Whitehorn

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.

I had a year-round Christmas tree with nothing but colored vinyl 45s hanging on it, like, old Elvis records and stuff.

So we're considering doing a new Christmas album, because there's been Christmas episodes since then, and maybe finally do the version of 'The Most Offensive Song Ever' with lyrics intact.

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