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My favorite time of the holidays is when the children have torn open their loot and delivered their verdicts and are looking to you for something else ... memories that have nothing to do with things bought.

Jamie Lee Curtis

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Jamie Lee Curtis
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: November 22
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