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James Pickens, Jr. captivates viewers each week as Dr. Richard Webber on ABC's hit drama 'Grey's Anatomy.'
This Cleveland-bred thespian, who has appeared in films like 'Traffic,' 'Bulworth,' 'Ghosts of Mississippi,' 'How Stella Got Her Grove Back' and 'Menace II Society,' has received a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Best Drama Ensemble" and two NAACP Image Awards nominations for his role on 'Grey's Anatomy.'
The accomplished actor shared with you, the BV Buzz readers, exactly what his family does when they gather during the Christmas holiday season.
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"One of the many things I look forward to doing over the holidays is on Christmas Eve my daughter and I make homemade cranberry sauce.
It's a great dish that we've prepared together for the past ten years. She helps me with stra 
ining and cooking it from scratch and it has definitely become somewhat of a family tradition.
Later on that evening the family gathers around the tree where we select one gift to open.
The next morning, my wife, daughter and I attend an early church service and then head back home to spend time with the family.
It really warms my heart to see my loved ones enjoying one another and it's always special to share the excitement that grandchildren can bring.
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The excitement continues the day after Christmas where we make a trip to a friend's house to play an intense game of Charades. There are about 20 to 30 people that we split into two teams and the competition is pretty extreme. We actually begin thinking about game topics and phrases early in the year. It's really a lot of fun." – James Pickens, Jr., actor
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By: lilkunta on 12/18/2008 12:45PM
Sounds endearing.
How old & how many kids does he have?
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By: bigdrob1[pain in the keister + the mouth of the south] on 12/17/2008 3:19AM
We here in the know in whatever city we happen to be in, we feed the ducks all year. Around xmas we select the fat one that has been eating all that bred we been feeding it and then goe hunting, in the local park. If the man downtown or the animal and park services are squatting on the fowl, you go to the local chicken farm and snatch 5 or 6 chickens or turkeys. You can allways drive up the road and some farmers little girl have a pet pig that is out on the loose. That takes care the christmas ham. It is good to have a pickup with a camper or leer cover on the back. And as Ray Charles say the night time is the right time. After all you are out looking at xmas and hannachuh lights.
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By: Joyce on 12/21/2008 11:15PM
We as a family are going to play elves to the kids in the Access system ( temp housing for 30 days) They bought all the gifts (most donated) and they wrapped all of them and on Christmas morning we head out there by 6:45am to get all the gifts together and pass them out room by room.... this is what Christmas is all about the little ones that still believe....
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