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"We would have a Monopoly game and a puzzle going on Christmas Eve—always. And we would have an elaborate Christmas breakfast of homemade yeast rolls, fruit cocktail and cheese grits, and everybody had to dress up a little bit."
—AMY GRANT

"Each night, starting 12 days before Christmas, we opened up one present. It was always exciting trying to figure out which box to open."
—CRAIG MORGAN (with brother Joey and sister Pebbles)

"My mom, to this day, would say, 'I could give him a ball for Christmas and he's happy.' I've still got the little bitty football from when I was 2. But the Christmas that always comes to mind is my parents giving me my first guitar. It's a red Gibson ES-335 and it's in the Hall of Fame now!"
—VINCE GILL

"I grew up on a Christmas tree farm, and one year an owl flew into the house and perched on top of the Christmas tree. That was also the year the roof leaked and we had snow and water falling into our living room!"
—TAYLOR SWIFT (with brother Austin)

"This picture was taken when my family was living in a single-wide trailer. It was Christmas Eve and I was so ready for Santa to come! We had some great times in that trailer. It brought us closer and made us so thankful for the little we had."
—JOSH TURNER

"My parents didn't have any money, but my daddy always seemed to come up with something. One Christmas I wanted a go-kart, so he bought some old go-kart and fixed it up. I was excited about it and went outside to try it and the engine basically blew up. My daddy was a mechanic, so he went out and got a new engine. He spent half of the day fixing it so I could ride it before the end of Christmas day."
—ALAN JACKSON (with dad Eugene)

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