Christmas : (48) " Christmas is always the most fun. I start looking forward to Christmas before it’s even summertime. " - Mariah Carey " My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas. " - Kary Mullis " My mother accidentally gave me food poisoning. She fed me baby carrots for a snack before Christmas dinner – but they had expired in June! I threw up for the next 24 hours. " - Busy Philipps " Christmas movies, it’s a hard thing to do. The danger is you just end up with a Hollywood star with a Santa beard. You risk it being fake and cheesy and not real. " - Peter Baynham " My dad’s a doctor. So when we were little, at our family Christmases, we’d always have a couple of his elderly patients over for lunch. " - Alexander Armstrong " The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree – those to me, are the scents of the holidays. " - Blake Lively " In my experience, American office Christmas parties mean that everyone gets a thimbleful of lukewarm Champagne in a plastic cup. " - Bari Weiss " Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible. " - Lauren Graham " Christmas is my favorite holiday as I have been blessed to have a large and loving family, where the holidays is the time we all gather and create special moments. " - Quincy Brown " I just think Christmas is a time to embrace all the naughty little things. " - Jade Thirlwall