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Darius Rucker Loves Sweet Potato Pie And ‘Elf’ For Christmas

When it comes to Christmas Darius Rucker looks forward to two things, one is a special dish that his sisters make and the other is one funny holiday movie. He…

Darius Rucker Loves Sweet Potato Pie And 'Elf' For Christmas
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When it comes to Christmas Darius Rucker looks forward to two things, one is a special dish that his sisters make and the other is one funny holiday movie.

He told us, “I’m a big food guy. I like food a lot. But my favorite thing is my sister’s sweet potato pie. I love sweet potato pie so much, and I don’t get it very often. And my sisters always make sure I get a couple during Thanksgiving and Christmas, so that’s my favorite thing – sweet potato pie.”

What's his favorite holiday movie is a bit harder of a question, but he says, "There are so many great movies that I can think of just off the top of my head that are great Christmas movies. But it would be a tie between Miracle on 34th Street, which is still just great acting, great movie. I just love it. I love watching it. I watch it probably four times every Christmas and cry at the end every time. And I love Elf. I just think Elf is one of the absolute great stories and just funniest movies I’ve ever seen and it just happens to be a Christmas movie. It’s one of my favorite movies.”

Darius released a holiday album in 2014 called Home For The Holidays.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.