Christmas has a distinctive international flavor among the Jazz this year.

Three players were born and raised in foreign countries and a fourth, backup center John Amaechi, was born in Boston but grew up in Manchester, England.

Point guard Carlos Arroyo is from Fajardo, Puerto Rico; forward Andrei Kirilenko is from St. Petersburg, Russia; and injured point guard Raul Lopez is from Vic, Spain.

All of them feel a little more homesick this time of year, for family, friends and the holiday traditions unique to their homelands.