The Christmas Box | Characters & Character Analysis

The Christmas Box Characters

Richard Paul Evans

Richard Paul Evans is the author of the story as well as the first person narrator. Richard is a young man who has recently settled in the Salt Lake Valley after having lived in California for many years. Richard was raised in the Salt Lake Valley and has jumped at the chance to move back with his wife and small child. A friend of Richard's meets a man who is beginning a formalwear rental store and convinces both Richard and this man that they would work well together. Richard talks with the man and is offered a chance to buy into the business, which he does. Now Richard is attempting to get the business off the ground while beginning a life with his wife and child.

Due to their tight finances, Richard and his wife, Keri, live in a one bedroom apartment that is too small for their growing family....
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