![]() ![]() Both of these statements are relevant to the story, but what is also relevant is the element of sacrifice the two characters make, and their reaction to learning the implications of this. And when it comes to Christmas and buying gifts for our loved ones, it really is the thought that counts.īut there’s a little more to ‘The Gift of the Magi’ than this rather hackneyed old adage, which would reduce the story to a sentimental and rather twee fable about ‘giving being better than receiving’ and ‘love being more important than money’. ![]() For surely the ‘moral’ of ‘The Gift of the Magi’, given its Christmas setting and the fact that Jim and Della clearly love each other and treat each other well despite having no money to afford the finer things in life, is that love is more important than possessions. Henry tell us? Is it because he wanted us to make up our own minds, or did he assume that the answer was fairly self-explanatory? But what makes Jim and Della wise? And why doesn’t O. ![]()
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