My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. Its just not December without that movie in my house. – Tom Hanks
I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. Its blasphemy. – Jonathan Kozol
Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. Its the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season. – Evan Davis
It may be a cliche, but its true – the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself. – Julie Burchill
One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me – that of going up to town and doing a show. – Julie Burchill
If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. Its something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love. – Robbie Fowler
Theres never really been a real hood Christmas movie. – Ice Cube
Ive 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. – Shaquille ONeal
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, its usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is fairy lights, which we boringly refer to as Christmas lights. – Sloane Crosley
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. – Rick Springfield
I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didnt believe them. – Frances Farmer
Im bad on Valentines Day, but even worse on Christmas. I go shopping at nine oclock on December 24th every year. Nobody else is there. Im in ToysRUs all by myself. I get there five minutes before closing. – Jamie Foxx
I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas – thats my favorite of all! – Joe Nichols
For a long time all I wanted for Christmas were books about outdoor survival. I was convinced that the woods were calling me. I camped a lot, I took classes. At 18, I told myself if I dont live in the woods by myself by the time Im 25, I have failed. – Chris Evans
Im sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster. – Andrea Arnold
Theres something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh. – Kristen Wiig
Theres been a concerted effort to steal Christmas. – Jerry Falwell
I dont know of too many double Christmas albums, so it is something thats new, and hopefully will be fun, and theres plenty of stuff out there to cut. – Garth Brooks
It cant be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, its like Christmas. – Bill Nighy
When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my fathers guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs. – Tony Visconti
