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Summary: The True Reason for the Season
Review: To solve his problems of low cash flow, Rick and his family take on a caretaker's job in a huge mansion for a elderly widow. It is there in the mansion, through the widow and her Christmas Box, that Rick learns the true "reason for the season" and learns to put family, work and life into perspective and priority.The Christmas Box is a very short and enjoyable, but moving and tear-jerking, read. Excellent read for the holiday season or just about any time.
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Summary: I love Christmas Stories!
Review: With Christmas soon here, I look forward to re-reading this timeless classic. For another great Christmas book, let me also suggest another surprising entry - The Coalwood Way by Homer Hickam. I think it is the only Christmas book that has ever made me truly appreciate the miracles that can occur only at Christmas.
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Summary: A Book to Re- Read and Cherish
Review: In between books on December 31, of 2001, I thought about reading a memorable book to finish off this calamitous year. The book I chose was The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans which was actually a re-read for me but proved to be even more meaningful this time than the first time I read it sevevral years ago. Coincidentally earlier in the month I read The Christmas Box Miracle where Evans described how he came to write The Christmas Box and the tremendous popularity this small book has received. Both titles, seemed then and now, most appropriate choices. Today many readers are familiar with the book and the movie based on this book which starred Maureen O'Hara and Richard Thomas. Originally written as a gift for Evans's two daughter, The Christmas Box provides readers with a rather simplr and inspiring story of an elderly woman and the young family who she hires to help her out with her large home. As they live with this woman, her story of love and devotion is told through an antique Christmas Box that is also connected to the elderly woman's daughter. The message which is time;ess allows one to realize not only the true spirit of the holidays but a parents unconditional love for their children. The events of Septemebr 11th were certainly on my mind then as they are now, and as I finished this book I grieved for the many parents who lost children and the many children who lost parents. In some ways I found this inspirational book provided me with the profound hope for better days in the future.
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Summary: Not just fir Christmas
Review: This is a beautiful little story that is just the right length to read in a single sitting. That is what I did, and then I went back and read it again. The message of the story is two-fold. First, to remind us that the first Christmas gift ever given was not wrapped up and placed underneath a tree, it had nothing to do with St. Nicholas, but it was placed in a box. That gift was the Son of God that He gave to us because he loved us so much. God knew what was going to happen to his son, but he gave him to us anyway so that we would be saved from the devil. The second lesson was learned by the father in this story - to spend less time at the office and more with his family. There were times when I had to wipe away the tears while reading this book. It really is very touching to see how an old woman adopts the family she has hired to take care of her aging mansion. In return, they grow quite fond of her and share many things with her. She shares her Christmas Box however and reminds the family what the true meaning of Christmas is. Why 5 stars?:
A very touching tale to remind everyone what the true meaning of Christmas: because God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son so that all who believe in him may not perish, but have eternal life. The tale is just the right length - easily read in one or two sittings. The lessons apply to all seasons and this book should be read all year round, not just at Christmas time.
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Summary: Ending Will Never Leave You
Review: What a great story. This is a very short story but packed with more meaning than you can imagine. The Christmas Box was well written by Evans and will touch your heart. I read it in two nights. Even when you are finished reading this story, you will still think about it for a long time. The ending will never leave you. Evans writes these characters like they are every day people. It is not a story that seems fiction at all. Even though the title reveals The Christmas Box, this is a good story to read anytime of the year. It will touch your heart.
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Summary: Best Christmas Story
Review: This is the best Christmas story I have ever read. I am giving to all my friends this year for their present. This story is beautiful all the way through. A must read every Christmas season.
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Summary: A Heartfelt Awakening
Review: I just finished reading this book the other night. It was magnificent! Then last night I was going through the channels on tv and saw nothing worth watching was on as usual. Then I stumbled upon the Hallmark Channel. There it was!! The Christmas box !! I couldn't believe how the movie brought the book to life! This book has really touched my heart as I am sure it will touch yours. I can't wait to read The timepiece and The letter!! I am a newcomer to Richard Paul Evans and I am definately a future reader also!!
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Summary: Bring your tissues!
Review: What a heartwarming, wonderful book! It was suggested that I read it after my grandson was stillborn. The story is helpful with healing, and understanding love and grief. The message of the story is profound and bears repeating.
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Summary: A Wonderful Little Tome - a Great Gift for the Holidays
Review: Anyone looking for a memorable, book-gift, for the Christmas Holiday's has to look no further than this wonderful little book. Imprinted and published with all the decoration necessary to make this a keepsake for generations to come... Order two. You won't want to let go of your first copy. I've known the story for years and it's precious. This is the first printing that does the story justice. Simply said: "It's just wonderful." It should become a tradition for all families... Read it aloud on Christmas eve as you would read "The Night Before Christmas." This book has more of the emotion and more of the power to support your family... and enrich them... than any other book of its size. (...)
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Summary: The Chrismas Box
Review: The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans is unlike any Christmas story. This is a story with an everlasting theme. The Christmas Box has a lot of suspense and twists. It is sad and leaves the reader with feelings that last beyond the book's end. This is a short story that is an extremely quick read because once the reader has started, the reader will never want to put it down until finished.
The main character, and point of view in which the story is told, is a man who is in need of a lesson about the important things in life. Luckily, an elderly woman is there to give it to him. All of the characters in the story are very similar to real people and easily related to. All of them go through everlasting changes and growth. Many of the characters are round characters with many dimensions making them enjoyable to read about. The author did a good job with making the characters fun to read more about. He always left the reader with questions about their very dimensional personalities.
The theme of this book is concerning what Christmas is truly about and the importance of children in everyone's life; they are the best present God can offer. The author chose a neat way of cluing the reader in about the theme through everyday situations. This theme is also a nice change from a typical Christmas message, in the way that it is easily relatable to many people.
In conclusion, this is a book that has a really neat ending that is happy, sad and overflowed with other emotions. It teaches a lesson through a chain of events that are mysterious. A family comes together and is taught the real meaning of Christmas and about the first Christmas Gift which is important and easily forgotten. This book is definitely worth reading because it is quick and well written making it thrilling page after page.
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