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1) Timepiece
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Series
Christmas Box volume Book 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
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"Of all, clockmakers and morticians should bear the keenest sense of priority-their lives daily spent in observance of the unflagging procession of time... and the end thereof."
-DAVID PARKIN'S DIARY. JANUARY 3, 1901
So begins Timepiece, the unforgettable story of hope and the source of the wisdom MaryAnne Parkin shared with Richard in The Christmas Box. With the help of David Parkin's diary, Richard discovers the mystery of the timepiece and the...
2) The letter
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Series
Christmas Box volume Book 3
Language
English
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The Letter, the final episode of Richard Paul Evans's Christmas Box trilogy (The Christmas Box, Timepiece), begins in the winter of 1933. A bent and bereft hag is spotted crouching over the snowy grave of Andrea Parkin, David Parkin's three-year-old daughter who died twenty years prior. When the night watchman approaches the figure and tells her the cemetery is closed, she mysteriously disappears, leaving behind one red rose and a letter. When the...
Author
Series
Christmas Box volume Book 1
Language
English
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This inspiring holiday tale tells the touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her, and the ways in which they discover together the first gift of Christmas and what the holiday is really all about. Written by the author as a token of affection for his daughters, The Christmas Box has captured the hearts and minds of over a million readers.
4) Timepiece
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English
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Hope is a rare gift that, if we are lucky, comes to us with the power to heal our lives. I've come to know that the deepest sense of hope often springs from the hardest lessons in life. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen -- perhaps it is divine irony that within the darkest moments we are capable of revealing the greatest light, demonstrating what is best with humanity. This is the story of Timepiece. In The Christmas Box, a loving...
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Español
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"No importa la razón, el hecho es que cada Navidad que pasa, descubro que la historia de la Caja de Navidad se cuenta cada vez menos y se necesita cada vez más. Por lo tanto la escribo ahora, para que las futures generaciones la tomen o la dejen según les plazca. Por lo que a mi respecta, creo en ella. Dispués de todo, se trata de mi propia historia." Así empieza El Regalo de Navidad, la tierna historia de una viuda, y la joven familia que se...
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"T’was the Night Before Christmas," was originally published anonymously in 1823 as "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Perhaps the most famous Christmas poem of all time, it relates the story of a father awoken from his sleep on Christmas Eve by Santa Claus-St. Nick in the poem-who lands with his sleigh and "eight tiny reindeer" on the roof of the house, comes down the chimney and delivers toys to the family. He then departs, calling out as he flies away...
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