“we had more people begging for snow than those that had bet on a white Christmas”

“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.”

“Glen had a disability more disfiguring than a burn and more terrifying than cancer. Glen had been born on the day after Christmas. "My parents just combine my birthday with Christmas, that's all," he explained.But we knew this was a lie. Glen's parents just wrapped a couple of his Christmas presents in birthday-themed wrapping paper, stuck some candles in a supermarket cake, and had a dinner of Christmas leftovers.”

“You can begin as if nothing had ever gone wrong. White as snow.”

“Dan keeps telling Snow White that "Christmas is coming!" How can he be killed most easily? With the fewest stains?”

“I was white. Chalk had more color than I did. And quite possibly more personality.”