The Christmas Box
E359277
The Christmas Box is a 1995 television film adaptation of Richard Paul Evans's bestselling holiday novella, known for its sentimental story about family, love, and the true meaning of Christmas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Christmas Box canonical | 2 |
| The Christmas Box (novella) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3461760 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Christmas Box Context triple: [Michael Learned, notableWork, The Christmas Box]
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A.
This Christmas
"This Christmas" is a 2007 ensemble holiday comedy-drama film centered on a family's eventful Christmas reunion, featuring an all-star cast including Idris Elba, Regina King, and Chris Brown.
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B.
One Christmas
One Christmas is a 1994 television film adaptation of a Truman Capote short story, starring Henry Winkler and Katharine Hepburn in a Depression-era coming-of-age tale.
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C.
A Faithful Christmas
A Faithful Christmas is a holiday-themed R&B and soul album by American singer Faith Evans, featuring her interpretations of classic Christmas songs alongside original material.
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D.
A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas
A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas is a holiday-themed studio album by Broadway and television star Kristin Chenoweth, featuring classic Christmas songs and festive arrangements.
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E.
A Legendary Christmas
A Legendary Christmas is a holiday studio album by American singer John Legend, featuring soulful renditions of Christmas classics and original festive songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Christmas Box Target entity description: The Christmas Box is a 1995 television film adaptation of Richard Paul Evans's bestselling holiday novella, known for its sentimental story about family, love, and the true meaning of Christmas.
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A.
This Christmas
"This Christmas" is a 2007 ensemble holiday comedy-drama film centered on a family's eventful Christmas reunion, featuring an all-star cast including Idris Elba, Regina King, and Chris Brown.
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B.
One Christmas
One Christmas is a 1994 television film adaptation of a Truman Capote short story, starring Henry Winkler and Katharine Hepburn in a Depression-era coming-of-age tale.
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C.
A Faithful Christmas
A Faithful Christmas is a holiday-themed R&B and soul album by American singer Faith Evans, featuring her interpretations of classic Christmas songs alongside original material.
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D.
A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas
A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas is a holiday-themed studio album by Broadway and television star Kristin Chenoweth, featuring classic Christmas songs and festive arrangements.
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E.
A Legendary Christmas
A Legendary Christmas is a holiday studio album by American singer John Legend, featuring soulful renditions of Christmas classics and original festive songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christmas film
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drama film ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Richard Paul Evans ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Christmas Box
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Christmas Box (novella)
|
| character |
Keri Evans
ⓘ
Mary Parkin ⓘ Richard Evans ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | CBS ⓘ |
| format | made-for-television film ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Timepiece (film) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family
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grief ⓘ love ⓘ true meaning of Christmas ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf |
The Christmas Box
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Christmas Box (novella)
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| notableFor |
holiday television airings
ⓘ
sentimental portrayal of family relationships ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOf | American Christmas television films ⓘ |
| producer | Richard Paul Evans ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Paul Evans ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| settingTimeOfYear | Christmas season ⓘ |
| stars |
Annette O'Toole
ⓘ
Maureen O’Hara ⓘ
surface form:
Maureen O'Hara
Richard Thomas ⓘ |
| subject |
healing through faith
ⓘ
loss of a child ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Christmas Box Description of subject: The Christmas Box is a 1995 television film adaptation of Richard Paul Evans's bestselling holiday novella, known for its sentimental story about family, love, and the true meaning of Christmas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Christmas Box (novella)
this entity surface form:
The Christmas Box (novella)