This article was originally published on www.si.com as LeBron James is Sick of Spending Christmas the Same Way Every Year. LeBron James and the Lakers will host the Rockets on Christmas. The game, which will air on ABC and ESPN, will be James's 20th Christmas Day game and the 19th consecutive year his team has played on the holiday.

"I'd much rather be at home with my family," LeBron responded when asked if playing on Christmas Day still matters a lot to him. "But I mean, it's the game, it's the game that I love. It's a game I watched when I was a kid on Christmas Day, watching a lot of the greatest play the game on Christmas. It's always been an honor to play it."

LeBron James is gearing up for what will be his record-setting 20th NBA Christmas Day game later this week ... and the King is opening up on always having to work on the holiday.

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LeBron James discusses the difficult phases of marriage and how he and Savannah have managed to deal with them.

LeBron James ' wife, Savannah has been focused for a while on stepping out of his husband's shadow. The NBA superstar shared that for the longest time, she had held it in for their family and now that she has come out of her shell, his admiration for her has only grown further.

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James long embraced his place atop the NBA's hierarchy and everything that comes with it, but the 40-year-old no longer shares the same excitement about carrying the league's torch on Christmas. When asked what it means to play in his 20th Christmas game,

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