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Summary: A spiritual tale that avoids preaching
Review: "Heartwarming classics" are not my usual reading material, but I'd heard so much about this book (originally self-published) that curiosity prompted me to pick it up. The title story deserves all the praise it's received. The writing style has an old-fashioned cadence that's just right for the material, and the inspirational elements come naturally. This is a spiritual tale that avoids preaching, and steers clear of denominations while retaining its Christmas (not generic holiday) theme.
The companion tales, TIMEPIECE and THE LETTER, are longer and less satisfying. I came away from these wishing I'd stopped with THE CHRISTMAS BOX, and left the mystery behind it alone. Sometimes less is more - but another reader might well be delighted by "the rest of the story" of MaryAnne and her family.
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Summary: thought provoking
Review: I bought this box at christmas. One night while waiting for my 5 year old to get ready for bed I picked up this book. I finished the first chapter before he came in then I couldn't wait to finish reading the book. However I couldn't finish it that night because my son wanted me to read him picture books. So the next day, I started the second chapter. As it turned out even though it was a very short story it took me days to read it and as I took my time on reading, I reflected on what the author was writing. I felt that as each day was passing on the character lives, that they became people that I felt close to. When Jenna talked to Mary about time with her father it may my heart ache. Don't we all put off time now and then and forget about how fast our children grow? The book made me laugh, cry and reflect. So much, that now the most important thing in my life is my child. Work can wait my child can not. My child and I now wear angel pin pals so that we will never be apart from each other. A MUST READ BOOK.
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Summary: Wonderful Quick Read
Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone! It only took me a couple hours to read and was such a touching story. I recommend following this book with "The Christmas Box Miracle : My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope".
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Summary: The Book That Inspires Me Most!
Review: I will pick this book up and read at least once a year. It's that good. And I'm always glad to reconnect with Richard, Keri, Jenna, and Mary. Thos is truly a Christmas classic.
Moreover, it was one of the inspirations that led to my becoming a writer. I figured, If Richard Evans can do it, why not me?
I recommend this book as well as my book entitled "Prose From A Grandson To A Senior Fellow".
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Summary: Beautiful and Touching Story
Review: If you can read, you should read this book. If you can't, you should get someone to read it to you. The "Christmas Box" was a beautiful family tale. The story is extremely short, taking only a couple of hours to read.
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Summary: Beautiful and Touching Story
Review: If you can read, you should read this book. If you can't, you should get someone to read it to you. The "Christmas Box" was a beautiful family tale. The story is extremely short, taking only a couple of hours to read.
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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: The Christmas Box
Review: NPB
December 7, 2004
The Christmas Box
ISBN: 0-684-81499-4
"It was simply a wooden box."
A woman named Mary needed help at her house but really only wanted company. The author of the book also the main character found the wooden box in Mary's attic one night. Mary is getting weird and not being herself. Is she hiding something? Find out it is right under the snow angel.
The Christmas Box is a very touching book. During the book your emotions change because the emotions of the characters change. This is a quick and easy book to read and probably good for eleven to twelve year olds and up because there are some hard concepts to understand. I would say that this book is good for the Christmas season because it is a touching story about Christmas. This book has brought me into the Christmas mood and has made it more enjoyable.
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Summary: Change your life style
Review: Once I started reading these books it took no time at all to finish them. The stories will touch the heart of everyone who reads them. You won't be taking life for granted. Your life will never be the same because you will know the true meaning of Christmas, family, compassion to others, and forgiveness. Enjoy.
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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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