“It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.”
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.
“One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that.”
“It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.”
“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 save every Christmas card. I keep them all.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.”
“Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold.”
“Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.”
“Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.”
“There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.”
“Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.”
“To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.”
“If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.”
“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.”
“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.”