"When you got on that plane, I was sure it was over. I left the airport afraid I'd never see you again. And then you showed up the very next day. That was a good surprise. You know, I think about the decision you made... maybe I was being naive, but I believed that we would grow old together in this house. That we'd spend holidays here and have our grandchildren come visit us here. I had this image of us, all grey and wrinkly, and me working in the garden and you re-painting the deck. But things change. If you need this, Jack, if you really need this, I will take these kids from a life they love and I'll take myself from the only home we've ever shared together and I'll move wherever you need to go. I'll do that because I love you. I love you, and that's more important to me than our address. I choose us."

"I just want my life back, okay? Now what's it gonna take? You wanna talk turkey? Let's talk turkey! HOW MUCH MONEY?"

"Wendy Crewson - Laura Miller"

"Paige Tamada - Judy the Elf"

"David Krumholtz - Bernard"

"Eric Lloyd - Charlie Calvin"

"Judge Reinhold - Dr. Neil Miller"

"Tim Allen - Scott Calvin/Santa Claus"

"Jessica Walter as Cindi"

"Teri Garr as Aunt Judy (uncredited)"

"Al Roker as Himself"

"Kristen Wiig as Carole Malone"

"Cedric Yarbrough as Melvin "Mel" Goldfinch"

"Tony Hale as Alan Davies"

"David Koechner as Ernie"

"Rob Riggle as Head Guard Hoffman"

"Mario Lopez as Part-Time Substitute minors watcher"

"Wayne Federman as Airport Attendant"

"Dominique Saldaña as Katherine Davenport"

"Rob Corddry as Samuel "Sam" Davenport"

"Paget Brewster as Valerie Davenport"

"Quinn Shephard as Donna Malone"

"Gia Mantegna as Grace Conrad"

"Brett Kelly as Timothy "Beef" Wellington"

"Dyllan Christopher as Spencer Davenport"

"Tyler James Williams as Charles "Charlie" Goldfinch"

"Wilmer Valderrama as Zach Van Bourke"

"Lewis Black as Oliver Porter"

"All flights cancelled. Christmas isn't!"

"Six unaccompanied minors will become one unbelievable family."

"Silent night... Yeah, right."

"Six kids, snowbound in an airport on Christmas Eve, without supervision. Someone please call security."

"[to Donna after she kisses him] Wow! Man, you're so hot!"

"Oh man, Harvard's never gonna accept me with a police record! And I am not going to community college!"

"[Running out of the UM room] This goes against everything I believe in, but I gotta pee!"

"[reading his essay] "What I want for Christmas. What I want is a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock... and this thing which tells time." Wow, that's great. "I think that everybody should have a Red Ryder BB gun. They're very good for Christmas. I don't think that a football's a very good Christmas present.""

"Rocco Bellusici – Waiter #3"

"Fred Lee – Waiter #2"

"Johan Sebastian Wong – Waiter #1"

"John Wong – Chinese Father"

"Bob Clark – Swede (uncredited)"

"Jean Shepherd – Narrator (Ralphie as an adult)"

"Tedde Moore – Miss Shields"