The Gift of the Magi

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Summary: Sweet story - cute size.
Review: "Gift of the Magi" is a wonderful story (my favorite by O. Henry), and this little book makes a great stocking stuffer for the little ones. I recommend.

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Summary: An encouragement, exquisite story
Review: The Gift of Magi is an O. Henryfs classic Christmas story that is about a couple, Jim and Della, who loved each other. They were very poor people, but they wanted to buy a Christmas gift for each other. They did not have enough money, so they decided to sell their important things to buy a gift. Della wanted to buy a gold chain for Jimfs gold watch, but she didnft have enough money. Instead, she cut her hair that was her pride, and sold it. And Jim, whose watch was great and really expensive, sold it to buy the combs that Della had wanted for a long time. So as a result, their Christmas day was not happy at all. This storyfs ending is not happy, but I like this storyfs classic theme and plot. I think that this book has good theme and plot though they are simple. This is interesting and a well organized story. We can learn cultures of American from reading O. Henryfs short stories about Americanes.

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Summary: The Gift of the Magi Evaluation
Review: The Gift of the Magi Evaluation By Blair Wilner

The Gift of the Magi was a short, concise, but excellent story. In the story the couple is dirt poor or very plebian. It's Christmas and they each want to get each other a great Christmas present. The girl wants to get her husband a watch chain for his gold watch. The husband wants to get his wife combs for her long, beautiful hair. The problem is that the woman sells her hair to have enough money to buy the chain and the man sells his watch to buy her the combs. The story tells about the real meaning of giving presents. It is called "The Gift of the Magi" because it is about giving presents and the Magi were the wise-men who went to visit Jesus Christ at the Temple (see #1 at bottom for more details). The story was a great story. It showed how we should really give presents. The author used the characters to show real emotion. It showed two people who cared so much about each other that they would give up their most priceless possessions so that they could buy each other a gift. I must say that there are not many characters like that. In that way the characters are very unrealistic. Most people want to be the receiver and not the giver. This story's plot was very straight forward. It had no foreshadowing that you could really see. The introduction happened in the begging when it introduced the characters. The problem was that they wanted to buy each other a Christmas present. The complications were the fact that they had no money and they needed money to buy the presents. The solution was brought up when they found out that she could sell her hair. The climax was when they gave each other the gifts. The resolution was that they were in love all the more then they were in the beginning. Overall I would give this story a thumbs up. It had all the element a good story needs. A good plot and good characters. It is a great children's story because it has a simple plot and a good lesson. Take it from me this story is the perfect story to tell your kids during the holidays. The lesson it teaches is a very simple yet important one. It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Notes: #1: People say that they invented the art of giving Christmas present but they weren't. It was really God; He gave his Son to the world to pay for our sins.