“The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.”
Christmas carries a weight of meaning that goes beyond decorations and gift wrap. These quotes touch on generosity, family, faith, nostalgia, and the particular magic of a season that asks us to slow down and pay attention to what matters.
“Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.”
“The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.”
“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.”
“I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that don't know when to come down.”
“From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.”
“If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.”
“I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.”
“I'm a disorganized mess. My purse is gross: I once found a shoulder pad, string cheese, and a Christmas ornament in it!”
“It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.”
“Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.”
“Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.”
“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”
“May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with my mother, about the Queen - classic Freudian stuff, shrinks would say. I was eight, and refusing to watch the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast.”
“Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.”
“Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.”
“When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs.”