Leigh-Allyn Baker Quotes

On Christmas morning, we always make breakfast, and everyone eats before we open any presents. I make muffins and homemade applesauce, which I don't think anyone likes as much as I do... I just love the way it makes the house smell!

You pretty much can't get away from bacon or whiskey in the South. Put a doughnut in it and you'd be good to go.

There's nothing better on Christmas morning than waking up to the smell of breakfast!

Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.

I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It's a very particular part of the country.

I'm a black man from the South. I like my food!

I grew up with fantastic Southern food. In Southern California.

Growing up, Santa Claus would cover the presents with a white blanket, so when we'd wake up Christmas morning, we had to wait for my dad to do the big reveal of all the presents Santa brought.

I've 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.

On the morning, Daddy and I get up at six o'clock because Christmas trees must be bought in the dark. We walk to the other end of town, as the big harbour is just the right setting for buying a Christmas tree. We spend hours choosing, looking at every branch suspiciously. It's always cold.

Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it.

Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to cotillions.

I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative.

Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom's home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch.

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.

I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where I woke up Christmas morning and had toys. I know that's not the case with all people and I don't think kids should go without experiencing that sort of joy.

The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school.

Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community... I love the South.

To be in the South in my first big job was very nostalgic. There is an energy to the way we do things in the South.

While I've said that there are plenty of things I dislike about the South, I can be clear that there are things I love about the South.

The South has a way of worshipping appearances - the suburbs are all about presentation and amazing flowers and a beautiful yard and dinner parties that impress people and having the Christmas lights just right.

Next to fried foods, the South has suffered most from oratory.

Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think.

Boiled peanuts are a Southern thing.

No self-respecting Southerner will eat something baked, broiled, grilled, stewed, poached, sauteed, or flambeed when it can be deep fried.