Priscilla Gayles
Gardena
“Christmas is my favorite time of year. … Getting together with family, smelling the food cooking, decorating the house, all of that.”
Joseph Duncan
Los Angeles
When my daughter was 10, I got her a Beyoncé phone. She doesn’t get easily excited, but when she got that phone, she was jumping up and down.”
Kelcey Newman
Oxnard
“Every year mom would make Christmas magical for us. She would have my older brother get on the roof and jump up down and pretend to be Santa.”
Phyllis D. Banks
Los Angeles
“Our entire family would gather at my grandmother’s house and everyone exchanged presents. There was always lots of food, laughter, love and presents.”
Compiled by Cynthia Gibson near Los Angeles International Airport.
