In 1934 the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We were on the SS Washington bound for New York Christmas 1934.

I got a guitar when I was about 14 for a Christmas present and went from there.

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period.

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking.

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first but then I fell in love in love in love.

I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas – but I did too!

Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me – a plane journey to the next tournament.

I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean – what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day.

I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against the grain that I was always a good boy. I think she was right – I did always want to be good.

I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album.

A lot of sequins for New Year's! Red green white – I fail at all of that because I'm always in black. But for Christmas I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots.

It's more like Christmas you know when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling and there's nothing like it.