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Janet and Allan Ahlberg, The Jolly Christmas Postman [2] Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace [2] [3] L. Frank Baum, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus; Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Stick Man [2] Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box, The Light of Christmas [2] [4] Cornelia Funke, When Santa Fell to Earth; Matt Haig, A Boy Called Christmas
Cover of Galaxy, December 1957, featuring Santa Claus - and aliens.. The topic of Christmas has appeared in various works of fiction. Originally a religious theme related to Christianity, with the growing worldwide popularity of this holiday, many modern stories about Christmas have next to no religious content, instead focusing on more generic promotion of goodwill.
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.
Released in hardcover in 1995, The Christmas Box became the first book to simultaneously reach the number-one position on the New York Times bestseller list for both paperback and hardcover editions. That same year, the book was made into a television movie of the same title, starring Richard Thomas and Maureen O'Hara.
Christmas themes have long been an inspiration to artists and writers. A prominent aspect of Christian media, the topic first appeared in literature and in music. Filmmakers have picked up on this wealth of material, with both adaptations of Christmas novels, in the forms of Christmas films, Santa Claus films, and Christmas television specials.
This author’s debut novel won a Pulitzer and is now being made into a series starring Hoa Xuande and Robert Downey Jr. Set in the 1970s, it tells the story of the Vietnam War and its aftermath ...
In the book, Alice wakes up 10 years after giving birth to her first child, realizing that her life has fallen apart. She's getting divorced, is estranged from her sister and doesn't even like ...
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