![]() ![]() The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. She had a habit of saying little silent prayers about the simplest everyday things and now she whispered, “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.” When she heard his step on the stairway down on the first flight, she turned white for just a moment. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and set on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. ![]() O’Henry concludes his story with these words, Della loves her Jim just as deeply and desires to buy the perfect gift of a gold chain for the gold pocket watch that he prizes so greatly. Jim deeply loves his wife, Della, and badly wants to purchase the lovely combs for Della’s long flowing hair that she has been admiring in a nearby storefront window. In the story, Christmas is rapidly approaching and Jim and Della both struggle with buying a gift for the other person, each with very little money. An old short story we always read at Christmas time as a family tradition is called “The Gift of the Magi” and was written by O’Henry on December 10, 1905. ![]()
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