Brian Stokes Mitchell Quotes

At our house, we'd always open presents with our Christmas records playing. 'Little Drummer Boy' was one of my favorites when I was a kid because it was about a kid.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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• At our house, we'd always open presents with our Christmas records playing. 'Little Drummer Boy' was one of my favorites when I was a kid because it was about a kid.

  

  Brian Stokes Mitchell
  • House
  • Boy
  • Christmas