Celebrities Tell: `The Best Christmas Gift I Ever Received'

Christmas is the most magical and memorable holiday of the year, and what stands out most in celebrities' memoirs are those special gifts. For some, the most treasured present was a cherished toy or the gift of life and love. For others, the ability to give is often the greatest gift of all. On the following pages, six superstars recall the best gift they ever received.

MICHAEL JORDAN Basketball legend, actor and Businessman

"My middle child, Marcus, was born Dec. 24, 1990. That was my best Christmas gift ever."

VIVICA A. FOX Actress, star of Fox's Getting Personal

"The best Christmas gift I ever received came last year. Although it was a few days before Christmas, I was given an engagement ring from my future husband, Sixx-Nine [pictured above]."

BRANDY (pictured above with friends Joi Campbell and Portia Hodge) Singer, star of the move I Still Know and UPN's Moesha

"For me, the bent gift was the ability to give. My best friends had just entered college last Christmas, and I was able to give them TVs, VCRs and computers. That was the best Christmas ever."

DENNIS RODMAN Basketball star, actor and star of syndicated series Special OPS Force

"While it's true the GI Joe with the `Kung Fu' grip made me `The Man' back in Dallas as a kid, nothing will ever compare to that special delivery when God had Santa deliver my present early that year. His gift: The most beautiful baby girl ever imaginable, my daughter Alexis. My memory of that Christmas is of holding my baby, which can never be replaced, still brings emotions that rush warmly through me."

USHER Singer, Actor (pictured with His mother, Jonetta Patton)

"My favorite Christmas gift was a pair of roller skates at the age of 10. I always wanted to learn how to skate when I was a kid. When I went to the skating rink, I never owned my own skates before. I love to skate, not a lot of people know that."

STEVE HARVEY (pictured with his wife, Mary) Host of Saturday Night at The Apollo and star of The Steve Harvey Show

"The best Christmas gift I ever received was the first time I was able to spend Christmas with my family--my wife, Mary, and my son, Wynton--in our own home in Dallas in 1997."