AUDIO: Luke Bryan says he and his family – wife Caroline and sons Bo and Tate – will be staying at home in Nashville for Christmas this year.
Luke Bryan (Christmas plans 2012) OC: …the chimney. :24
“Christmas is going to be good. My wife and I, we finally said we’re not loading the boys up on a tour bus and driving ‘em down to Georgia and all that. We’re spending Christmas in Nashville and Santa’s coming to the house. We’ve got two boys that they understand Santa, and they’re ready for them to get there. Now, we just gotta get ol’ Santa down the chimney.”
AUDIO: David Nail talks about his favorite Christmas memory.
David Nail (FavoriteChristmasMemory) OC: …on the couch. :39
“It was always very, very simple. My grandparents lived right across the street from us. I would get up in the morning, and I’d look out the window and you’d see a car there, and you’d get in the shower and come back and see a couple more cars there and it was kind of that anticipation of seeing all the family members start to come into town in the morning. And then we always got to kind of roll over there last, and it was like once we showed up, that was kind of the go-time! The food’s out, you eat, and so after we ate and after we opened gifts, it was kind of a race to see who could catch my dad sneak back across the street to take a nap, because he was always the first one to start dozing off on the couch.”
Eric Paslay grew up in Texas with much of his extended family in the same town, so there were many toys to play with at Christmas time.
AUDIO: Eric Paslay talks about his Christmas holidays when he was a child.
Eric Paslay (Christmases growing up) OC: …and football. :37
‘I remember always [on] Christmas Eve, we’d go 5to my Mom’s mother’s house, my grandmother, and we’d open up gifts kinda from the family. And my great-aunt, lived across the street, so all of those cousins, we’d go over there and hang out and steal some more cookies and kind of show…what’cha got and play with the toy for five minutes and move on to the other cousin’s toys. And then the next morning, maybe when we were younger, open up some more presents, you know, and then go to my other grandparents’ [house], my dad’s parents and hang out with that family, and it was always fun. We’d always have turkey, ham and football.”
AUDIO: Eric Paslay talks about his favorite Christmas song.
Eric Paslay (Christmas Song) OC: …Christmas. :07
“My favorite Christmas song is ‘Away in a Manger.’ The melody’s so beautiful, and I think it’s the true meaning of Christmas.”
AUDIO: George Strait recalls his Christmas memories growing up.
George Strait (Christmas memories) OC: …back then. :21
“At Christmas time, we always kind of got together at my grandparents and had Christmas there, and it was a lot of fun because you’d see cousins that you hadn’t seen in a while. Those are the memories that I have, getting to spend a few days with them and opening presents and it was just a lot of fun back then.”
AUDIO: Josh Turner, a father of three boys, talks about his favorite Christmas food.
Josh Turner (favorite Christmas food) OC: …favorite food. :15
“My favorite food to eat at Christmas time is probably the fried turkey that my daddy makes every year He started that several years back, and it became a hit with our family, and so he ended up doing it. He’s been doing it every year since, so that’s always been my favorite food.”
AUDIO: Kip Moore recalls his last Christmas he spent with his father.
Kip Moore (last Christmas with Dad) OC: …always remember that. :24
“Every Thanksgiving and Christmas, my dad and my two brothers, we’d all go fishing down in the Gulf. [Last year] was my last Christmas to go fishing with my dad, but I can remember it was an amazing time. We got a lot of laughs in, and we saw the most amazing sunset I’ve ever seen in my life as we were driving back in. And we stopped the boat and sat there and stared at it for a while and I’ll always remember that.”
AUDIO: Lauren Alaina recalls her favorite Christmas memory.
Lauren Alaina (favorite Christmas memory) OC: …on it. :09
“This is Lauren Alaina, and my favorite Christmas memory is when I got my Barbie bike when I was like six years old and I thought I ruled the world because it had a horn and it had Barbie’s picture on it.”
