• "Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to." - Christina Perri Tweet
• "I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything." - Johann Lamont Tweet
• "Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day." - Dag Hammarskjold Tweet
• "Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there." - Amy Grant Tweet
• "A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together." - Garrison Keillor Tweet
• "Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other." - Keith Thibodeaux Tweet
• "Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came." - Ian Mckellen Tweet
• "But Tammy Faye calls me, and Ron Jeremy calls me, Erik Estrada sends me a Christmas card every year." - Trishelle Cannatella Tweet
• "I'm a disorganized mess. My purse is gross: I once found a shoulder pad, string cheese, and a Christmas ornament in it!" - Hoda Kotb Tweet
• "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 don't live in the woods by myself by the time I'm 25, I have failed." - Chris Evans Tweet