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Even pop stars who seem to have everything their hearts desire get excited about Christmas!
AllPop spoke with M2M's Marion Raven, Irish pop star Samantha Mumba, Vitamin C, soulDecision's Ken, Dave and Trevor, and U.K. pop star Billie Piper about their favourite holiday songs and gifts.
Favourite Christmas Song:
Marion: I think it's called "White Christmas". It's a short song about how you want snow. Also, a song called "That's What Christmas Means to Me".
Samantha Mumba: Christmas carols are so bad! I don't know ... "Jingle Bells"!
Vitamin C: "O Holy Night"
Billie Piper: I love them all, I really do. I wish they'd play more Christmas songs on the radio around Christmas time.
soulDecision: "O Holy Night", "Last Christmas" (George Michael), Boney M's "Mary's Boy Child"
Best gift received:
Marion: When I was little, I got the big Barbie House. I also wanted a pregnant Barbie for a long time and my brother had just gotten his first job and he got he was like 16 and he got me that Barbie. We have a video of me crying cause I was so sensitive. I was so happy. You could take off the stomach and it had a baby in it.
Oh, and I hate getting soap for Christmas. You know when you get those soap baskets from a friend ... you know they had like two minutes and bought one. Sorry, I just had to put that in. I hate it, I don't use it. It just fills up my room. You could always give it away to an aunt or something the next Christmas, though.
Samantha: My favourite present ever was a red bicycle, and I just loved it so much. It's in bits now. It's still in the shed. I really used that bike.
Vitamin C: The Christmas I enjoyed most was two years ago. I spent it at my apartment with someone really special. It snowed on Christmas Eve that night. Our friends came by, we cooked, it was cozy. It was really nice to see everyone, 'cause I'd been on the road so much. That was the best present, to see all my friends in one place.
Billie: When I was younger I got a keyboard, that was very exciting.
Ken (soulDecision): When "Empire Strikes Back" came out, I got the Millennium Falcon, I wanted it so bad.
Dave (soulDecision): A "Battlestar Gallactica" set, with the vipers that shot the little red pellets out.
Best gift given:
Marion: I'm so proud of presents I give away. You're waiting for them to open them, and you think, 'Oh yeah, this is good'. I got my dad a computer, a laptop, 'cause he's travelling with me all the time. He got really happy.
Samantha: I was doing my first "Top Of The Pops" (the U.K. TV show), and I flew my little brother over as a surprise, and he got to meet David Beckham and Robbie Williams, and he loved it. That was kind of the best.
Vitamin C: I gave my mother a piece of jewelry that she'd always wanted.
Billie: I think it excites me [giving gifts] more than receiving them, because it's just the anticipation of 'Are they going to like it?' I got my mom some really nice clothes, so I think she appreciated that.
Happy holidays from AllPop!
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