The Gift of Magi
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- Jim comes home from work, he stares at Della, trying to figure out what's different about her.
- She admits that she sold her hair to buy his present.
- You’ve cut off your hair?
- Cut it off and sold it. Don’t you like me now? I’m me, Jim. I’m the same without my hair.
- I want you to understand me, Della. Nothing like a haircut could make me love you any less. But if you’ll open that, you may know what I felt when I came in
- Before Della can give her gift to his husband. Jim casually pulls a package out of his overcoat pocket and hands it to her wife.
- Oh my God!
- Inside, Della finds a pair of costly decorative hair combs that she'd long admired, but are now completely useless since she's cut off her hair.
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- Hiding her tears, she jumps up and holds out her gift for Jim: the watch chain.
- Isn’t it perfect, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You’ll have to look at your watch a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how they look together
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- Jim shrugs flop down onto the old sofa, puts his hands behind his head, and tells Della flatly that he sold his watch to buy her combs.
- Della, let’s put our Christmas gifts away and keep them a while. They’re too nice to use now. I sold the watch to get the money to buy the combs. And now I think we should have our dinner.
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