With Christmas around the corner, Della feels that she could not celebrate the joyous occasion without expressing her love for her husband through the most perfect gift she could find. Henry employs irony as a literary device to unravel the bitter-sweet story of the Dillinghams. “The Gift of the Magi” is a timeless classic that offers a memorable ironic twist and draws upon rich biblical imagery to drive home the lesson that true love is borne out of sacrifice thus embodying the true Christmas spirit. Henry’s anthology of short stories titled The Four Million in 1906. The story first appeared in The New York Sunday World in December, 1905 and subsequently featured in O. For by sacrificing their most treasured possessions, they gain something even more valuable: the purity of true love which is beyond all worldly wealth. In their willingness to give up all they have – they prove to be the wisest of all gift-givers – as wise as the Magi. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” is the touching story of a poor, young couple whose love knows no bounds and they’re ready to sacrifice their most, and more importantly, their only, valuable possessions to find the perfect Christmas gifts for each other.
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