When Richard Evans wrote the Christmas Box he couldn’t find anybody to publish it so he published the book himself distributing it to bookstores. By Thanksgiving all copies were sold out and the book was in great demand. A publisher picked up on Evans book and published it and it soon was on the New York best seller list.
In the book, a woman mourns the loss of her child at the base of an angel monument. Though the story is mostly fiction (Though some say it was Evans' mother) the angel monument that once existed had been destroyed. A new angel statue was commissioned by Richard Paul Evans in responds to people who were seeking a place to grieve and heal.
Many angels have been erected in cemeteries across the country in response to this book and the touching story it tells.