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• We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.

  Andy Rooney

  Cousin, Atheist, Smart

  Andy Rooney (2009). “Sincerely, Andy Rooney”, p.225, Hachette UK

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• Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple careers: I've been a teacher. A chauffeur. A chef. An interior decorator. A landscape architect, as well as a gardener. I’ve been a painter. A personal shopper. An accountant and a banker. I’ve been a beautician. Santa Claus. The Tooth Fairy. A movie reviewer. A nurse. A psychologist. A negotiator. An I have a Ph. D in How to Pretend Like You Don’t Mind.

  Terry McMillan

  Mother, Teacher, Careers

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• Being a superpower is like being a Santa Claus that everyone hates.

  Jon Stewart

  Hate, Santa Claus, Superpower

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• Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Sweet, Children, Grateful

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• Have you ever wanted to put on a Santa suit?" "I have always wanted to do that," said Carter gravely.

  Richelle Mead

  Suits, Said, Carter

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Succubus Revealed”, p.143, Kensington Books

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• "Please stop," I said. "You're upsetting the black Santas."

  John Green

  Upset, Black, Said

  "Paper Towns". Book by John Green, October 16, 2008.

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• I feel warm and reassured," I whispered. "He's like Santa.

  Maureen Johnson

  Feels, Warm

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star (Shades of London, Book 1)”, p.39, HarperCollins UK

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• Besides, the mhis that surrounded the compound could scramble anything from GPS to Santa Claus.

  J.R. Ward

  Gps, Santa Claus, Compounds

  J.R. Ward (2012). “Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.226, Penguin

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• HOLLY KING is a symbol of the waning forces of Nature... The Holly King is depicted as an old man in winter garb. His head bears a wreath of holly and he often carries a staff that is typically a holly branch. Some Santa Claus figures are actually Holly King figures.

  Raven Grimassi

  Kings, Winter, Men

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• Santa blows all these shipping companies away. He delivers more than 2 billion packages in just 24 hours. He does it by sleigh. He doesn't use tracking numbers and doesn't use trucks. He just uses midgets and a giant bag.

  Craig Ferguson

  Christmas, Blow, Numbers

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• They always say 'Is there going to be a sequel to Bad Santa?' and you know, I mean, a long time ago they would talk about, you know, we're going to do a sequel to that but it was never serious. And they said 'Would you do it?' and I said out of all the movies I've done, that was a lot of fun, and maybe I would do a sequel if it ever came up and it made sense, but I said I don't think that's ever going to happen.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Fun, Mean, Thinking

  "Billy Bob Thornton for 'The Astronaut Farmer'". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. February 23, 2007.

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• Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Believe, Heart, Kids

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.216, Faber & Faber

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• I am always amazed by the novel angles that people come up with for kids' Christmas books. Even if a family is not religious, who could resist, say, "Olive, the Other Reindeer," about Olive the dog who thinks the song refers to her and heads for the North Pole to help Santa out?

  Jabari Asim

  Dog, Song, Religious

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Before Santa and presents and shopping and all the attendant Christmas (stuff) got involved, this holiday was enshrined to commemorate a guy who got nailed to a tree for daring to tell people to be kind to one another. If you have two cloaks, He said, give one away. Remember those who have less than you, be charitable, be good, be merciful.

  William Rivers Pitt

  Holiday, Shopping, Two

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• My husband and I are building a 'green' house in Santa Ynez Valley. We bought 15 acres and we're going to build a house that's green from the ground up.

  Jennie Garth

  Husband, House, Valleys

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• A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa.

  Ricky Gervais

  Christian, Atheist, Children

  Twitter post from May 2, 2013

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• A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

  Lisa Bonet

  Girl, Venice, Community

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• What I have against religion is that they start you when you are so defenseless. I mean, I was three when they started pumping this bullshit into my head. I believed in Santa Claus and the Fairy Godmother, of course I believed in a virgin birth, and a guy lived in a whale, and a woman came from a rib. But then something happened that made me doubt all of it: I graduated sixth grade!

  Bill Maher

  Mean, Whales, Bullshit

  "Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home". Documentary, Comedy, 2003.

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• I was Santa Claus in first year of primary school, our elementarys school play, because I had most panache, that was probably why. I was 5.

  James Frecheville

  School, Years, Play

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• When I was a freshman in high school, I got a letterman jacket, which you'd think would be great stock. The jacket had the big S on it, for Santa Monica. But rather than having a football or a baseball on the S, I had a little nine iron. Girls thought it was a flute.

  Carson Daly

  Girl, Baseball, Football

  "Carson Daly: 'I'm Living Proof That the Good Guys Win'". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. April 19, 2012.

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• Santa is a much bigger and more powerful faery than Toot, and I don't know his true name anyway. You'd never see me trying to nab Saint Nick in a magic circle even if I did. I don't think anyone has stones that big.

  Jim Butcher

  Powerful, Thinking, Circles

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.74, Penguin Group

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• Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Christmas, Light, Fog

  Twitter post from Dec 25, 2014

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• When I go home to Santa Cruz, I'm the same girl as when I grew up.

  Marisa Miller

  Girl, Home, Grew

  "Monte Headliners Hope Show Starts Something Big..." by Genevieve Bookwalter and Alia Wilson, www.santacruzsentinel.com. October 02, 2009.

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• OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.

  Linus Torvalds

  Father, Real, Men

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• The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff.

  Criss Jami

  Life, Reality, Superhero

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.55, Criss Jami

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