When Santa Went Missing Quotes

“When I asked my parents for a pet, they got me a Venus flytrap.”
― Parinita Shetty, When Santa Went Missing

“Why do you want to become Santa Claus if you hate kids so much?’ I wondered.
‘Because Santa has nothing to do with kids,’ Coral retorted.
‘He has everything to do with kids!’ Gilmore exclaimed.
‘No, he does not!’ Coral snapped. ‘He never has to meet any of them. I love toys. Children just happen to be an unfortunate side effect.”
― Parinita Shetty, When Santa Went Missing

“We’ll be okay,’ he said. ‘And if you ever get too scared, just become a tree.’
‘How does pretending to be a tree solve any problems?’
‘It calms you down,’ he said confidently. ‘The only thing a tree’s got to be scared of is an axe, right?”
― Parinita Shetty, When Santa Went Missing

“At the ripe old age of fourteen, my brother has decided that he wants absolutely nothing to do with the whole Santa Claus thing. Instead, he wants to be an actor. He just isn’t very good at it. Acting isn’t a dangerous thing not to be good at, however, unlike that alarming sword-fighting phase he went through when he was ten, during which he dented several walls, caused a ceiling to collapse and nearly beheaded Dad.”
― Parinita Shetty, When Santa Went Missing

“One thing that the elves are good at is levitating objects. Being able to float things off the ground is a very helpful skill to have for loading heavy sacks of gifts on to the sleigh every Christmas Eve. But it’s not so helpful when they’re using it to dangle an eleven-year-old girl off the classroom ceiling.”
― Parinita Shetty, When Santa Went Missing