Butler's Christmas Disappointments

26 December 2009

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Christmas Day has always been a huge disappointment for Scottish actor Gerard Butler, he always preferrs the build up.

Butler admits that Chritmas' are very different now than when he was a poor kid growing up in Glasgow.

The movie star recalls, "It was almost impossible to contain my excitement. I didn't come from a particularly wealthy family so anything that we got was so much more appreciated.

Then comes the day where you have to start getting the presents and it loses that magicGerard Butler

"My mum was a single mother and, with dad living in Canada, we really didn't get anything from him, but all the rest of the family was very close. I had a lot of aunts and uncles, great grand uncles and they would always make sure that we were alright.

"My uncle would build us a sled or we'd get these weird wonderful gifts, and I would always be thinking I would catch Santa coming down the chimney.

"Coming from a country where it gets cold and it snows, there's a real Christmassy feeling in Scotland. Then comes the day where you have to start getting the presents and it loses that magic suddenly and Christmas becomes a huge pain in the a**." »

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