While shopping at a mall near you, everyone’s probably seen one of those Salvation Army “angel” trees decorated with makeshift ornaments featuring the name of someone in need. And for 43-year-old husband and father Kevin Morrell, the central character in Jimmy Wayne and Travis Thrasher’s Paper Angels (Howard), a tree like that ends up changing his whole life. At the insistence of his wife, he takes an ornament and has the unexpected privilege of showing a troubled teenager the true meaning of the season by offering simple gestures of kindness.
