The Gift of the Magi by O. HenryO.Henry's "Gifts of the Magi" is one of the most exciting and inspiring stories of love and self-sacrifice, of what is truly valuable today. In the biblical story of Christmas, the Magi, the ancient sages who brought gifts to the Infant in the manger, introduced the custom of exchanging gifts. But even wiser than them are the two grown children in this story who continue to believe in miracles and the healing power of love. Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, an...

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This is a short and lovely story. The main theme here was love and the sacrifice you made for your loved ones. And this story will make us think again about all the false things we know about love and relationships. In the end, we all know the real meaning which is, to love is to sacrifice and you only sacrifice yourself only when you truly love someone.

"which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."Are you ready to sacrifice your most prized possession, for your loved one?Here is the story of a poor couple, Della and Jim – a story of sacrifice and selfless love – as the author puts it, Della and Jim are foolish and also the wisest! Despite their poverty, they look to show their love for each other with a special Christmas gift and were ready to make the required sacrifice...

The Gift of the Magi, O. HenryThe Gift of the Magi is a short story, written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its twist ending are well-known, and the ending is generally consider...

2018 update: I read it again. And got misty-eyed again. Go read it. Here's a handy link: https://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_...In this classic 1905 Christmas story, one of O. Henry's best and most famous (free online at Amazon and many other websites), we meet Della and Jim, a young married couple who are as poor as church mice. All Della wants is to buy her beloved Jim a wonderful Christmas present ... but even after saving every penny for months, all she has is $1.87. A way to get enough mon...

Published in 1905, the gift of the Magi by O. Henry, tells of a young married couple, who, like most married couples starting out, have very little in the way of finances, so with Christmas almost upon them, they both have to come up with an idea to enable them to buy each other a gift. A sweet little story about love and sacrifice.

Wonderful to read anytime but particularly at ChristmasReview of free Kindle editionA Public Domain BookPublication date: May 12, 2012Language: EnglishASIN: B0082Z3S3G26 pagesThis a is review of the described edition only. Not of the dumbed down version edited by George Lakon.One of or maybe the most beloved of O. Henry's stories. A Christmas standard for many people, this is a moving tale of true love, sacrifice and wisdom. "The Gift of the Magi" is one of the best segments in the 1952 movie, "...

All I want for Christmas… This is a well-known, poignant, and rather dated and sentimental short story demonstrating the generosity of love. Della and Jim are newly married, and quite poor. Each is privately determined to buy a special gift for the other. The sacrifices they make prove pointless (at least in the short run), profound, and maybe amusing.The title obviously refers to the Magi (aka Three Wise Men) who brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh to baby Jesus. However, I assume their gifts...

Broadly loved beautiful and heartfelt Christmas story about the meaning of giving gifts and reciprocity of love. The young newly-wed couple living in poverty in New York, Della and Jim, have no resources to give one another the Christmas present they would like to.“Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater than she

I did not know this short story, thanks to Amalia, who brought me to this short book! In the spirit of Christmas, this is a heartwarming story about a young and poor couple who both, without knowing it from each other, sacrifice something personal and precious, to give each other a present at Christmas. Lovely, a classic I see here now, happy I have read it, recommended!Merry Christmas everyone!

“Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.” One of the most beautiful, most touching Christmas stories, set in New York at the beginning of the 20th century. A young couple is anticipating Christmas but the era is difficult and money is nonexistent. However, Christmas is a time for sharing and the young woman sacrifices the one thing she treasures the most to buy a gift for her beloved. The young man parts with a treasured heirloom to find the means for a spe

ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY-SEVEN CENTS. That was all. She had put it aside, one cent and then another and then another, in her careful buying of meat and other food. Della counted it three times. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.Why do we give presents to each other, what is their significance? Perhaps they act as tokens to establish or affirm our relationships. Does it mean that our relationships are strong enough at the core that they require these physical emb...

O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," illustrated by Lizabeth Zwerger was among my gifts to my wife our first Christmas together. It is one of our annual traditions that I read it to her each Christmas. Yes, I'm hopelessly romantic. I imagine we'll finally hit a year when I hear a gentle snore when she nods off as I'm reading."ONE dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and

4 stars"Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. They are the magi."A lovely short story about the true meaning of Christmas. While caught up in the rush and chaos of the holiday season, I am thankful to be reminded of what is truly important - love, sacrifice and the giving of one's self to another. Do yourself a favor and take a moment to read this timeless classic!

I recently read this for the first time as a short story in a collection of O. Henry’s works. This is done up as a children’s picture book. I don’t think it works all that well as a children’s book. It is too wordy and there are a lot of words needing to be explained to them (not that that’s bad and I rather like introducing new words, but there are a lot at once). The artwork was lovely, very sparse with a feeling of poverty, desperation, and some warmth. You can see that Jim and Della love eac...

A beautiful reminder of loving and giving. Merry Christmas!

5★I love this old O Henry story, first published in 1905, and I like to re-read it every now and then. Seemed like a good finish for 2016. “One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the...

This has been one of my favourite stories since I was a child. Can't imagine winter holidays without reading this one.

A lovely Christmas read that demonstrates how sacrifices are much easier to carry out and bear when one knows and shows unconditional love. Read online at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/7256/7...