The Christmas Box#Television movie
{{Short description|Book by Richard Paul Evans}}
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The Christmas Box ({{ISBN|9781566840286}}) is an American novel written by Richard Paul Evans and self-published in 1993.
A Christmas story written for his children, the book was advertised locally by Evans, who was working at the time as an advertising executive. He placed the book in Utah stores and it became a local best-seller. This got the attention of major publishers who bid against each other, resulting in Evans receiving several million dollars for the publishing rights.
Released in hardcover in 1995 by Simon & Schuster, The Christmas Box became the first book to simultaneously reach the No.1 position on The New York Times bestseller list for both the paperback and hardcover editions.
Television movie
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| writer = Greg Taylor
| director = Marcus Cole
| starring = Richard Thomas
Maureen O'Hara
Annette O'Toole
Kelsey Mulrooney
| music = Richard Kendall Gibbs
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = Michael Green
Chris Harding
Allan Henderson
Beth Polson
| producer = Erica Fox
| editor = Jim Oliver
| cinematography = John C. Newby
| runtime = 1 hour 40 minutes
| company = Hallmark Entertainment
| budget =
| network = CBS
| released = {{Start date|1995|12|17}}
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That same year, the book was made into a television film of the same title starring Richard Thomas and Maureen O'Hara.{{cite magazine |first=John P.|last=McCarthy |url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/cbs-sunday-movie-the-christmas-box-1200444090/ |title=Review: 'Cbs Sunday Movie the Christmas Box' |magazine=Variety |date=December 13, 1995 |access-date=2016-03-10 |quote=Based on a bestselling book, it raises the question of whether being a family man and a businessman are mutually exclusive.}}{{cite news |author=Margulies, Lee |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/293210168 |title=TV Ratings; 'Christmas Box,' Tyson-Mathis Win on Points |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 20, 1995 |page=F12 |access-date=2016-03-10 |url-access=subscription }} As of 2009, the movie was being shown in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family, but was not part of the block in 2010.
''Angel of Hope''
In The Christmas Box a woman mourns the loss of her child at the base of an angel monument. The book gives a description of the monument, which is of a childlike angel with upturned palms and outstretched wings. The word "hope" appears on the angel's right wing. When reports surfaced that grieving parents were seeking the statue, Evans commissioned the construction of an angel statue matching the description in The Christmas Box. In 1994, it was placed in Salt Lake City, Utah on land donated by the city. As of June 2014, over 120 Christmas Box Angels have been erected, mostly in the United States.Steele, Brian. [http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/10th_anniversary_ceremony_plan.html 10th anniversary ceremony planned for Easthampton's Christmas Box Angel, monument to deceased children MassLive.com]
==See also==
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q2106861}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=461171}}
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