Jane Lynch Quotes

I was one of those goofy kids whose year narrowed down to focus on Christmas from about September on. I guess I was like Ralphie in 'A Christmas Story,' in that I would get swept up into the anticipation of the holiday, watching the lights go up, hearing the songs in the stores, getting special Christmas issues of comics and all that.

I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.

I love Christmas. I love the music... I love everything about Christmas. I'm a big fan.

At our house, we'd always open presents with our Christmas records playing. 'Little Drummer Boy' was one of my favorites when I was a kid because it was about a kid.

I have lived in south London all my life, and my family is here.

I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.

I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia.

I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paintsville.

Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.

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.

At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special.

I really want a Christmas in New York one year, when it's snowing. Like, it's Christmas morning, and you have a fight with someone, and you run down the street, and it's snowing, and you can't find them.

Everyone knows that there are some odors that send you directly back to memories of your childhood - odors from Christmas time and so forth.

One of my favorite traditions is that my sisters and I, we all wear the same pajamas. I've even still got some from when I was 6. Also, I'll always remember cooking together in the kitchen and that no matter how busy our schedules are, we are all together for Christmas.

I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.

One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'

Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family.

Chicago is old stomping grounds for me.

The Christmas tree goes up on December 1. I love it.

I love Christmas. I'm really sentimental about it. My parents made it awesome for us, and we were allowed to be kids for a long time.

I was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, about 20 miles from Kalamazoo. I lived around there for about seven years. That community is one that I really care about.

My stepfather and his large family - The Crafts - are from Chicago, so Chicago has always been home for me.

Swedes celebrate Christmas Eve. Every Sunday leading up to Christmas, we light a candle, then make gingerbread and saffron buns.

It's always a wonderful time to be able to settle down by the fire, enjoy the Christmas tree and the decorations, and just spend time with the ones you love and surround yourself with the people that you don't get to see enough throughout the year.

I was practically raised with Christmas music.