The 13th Day of Christmas Quotes

“As much as she loved the Santa side of Christmas, Marva knew they were just decorations on the spiritual tree. No string of lights could shine brighter than the nativity that represented the real meaning of the holiday.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas

“So don’t you worry that it doesn’t all make sense yet, Charlie. In time, it will. The letter will grow with you and everyone you share it with.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas

“And he wondered what else she’d learned and how far she had moved along while he was distracted by his life’s bag of heavy rocks.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas

“That’s nice. What does it mean?”
“It means that stories are really, really important.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas

“Charlie collects days and prays her collection will eventually grow into the years of a long life.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas

“It is the most unusual friendship: One is pint-sized. Just nine years old and full of life. But she’s not full of life lived. She’s full of dreams and a life yet to live. The other has already lived a beautiful life. At the age of eighty-one, she wonders just where the finish line is and at what speed she’ll cross it.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas

“Charlie couldn’t tell if it was bigger than the home they had left, but they’d been vacuum-packed in the trailer long enough that Mrs. Marva’s home felt bigger than the mall they used to visit on weekends.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas

“Mrs. Marva lead Charlie around the home and her eyes grew wider with each new room. It wasn’t a large home, but to Charlie’s Hershey-kiss-colored eyes, at less than five feet from the floor, it was a mansion.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas

“On December 26, Charlee would share that faith on a piece of paper and deliver it. She would testify that while Christmas was important, the most divine day of the year was the day after. The day to recommit to living a life more like His. The day to proclaim to the world that while His birth brought hope, His life brought the model. The day to believe that He lives, that He loves everyone, and that He wants every porch waver, rock pile climber, cancer patient, and troublemaker to come Home again. The 13th Day of Christmas.”
― Jason F. Wright, The 13th Day of Christmas