"A young married couple called Della and Jim who were poor and lived a barely furnished rented apartment. It was the day before Christmas and they had both been working out what to give each other to show their love. The wife, Della, wanted to give her husband a watch chain to go with the gold watch he inherited from his grandfather, which he was very proud of. She found that it costs $21 and all she had was $1.87. She decided that the only thing to do was to sell her beautiful brown hair, which was so long that it reached to her knees. In whatever country or culture, a woman's hair means almost as much as life itself to her. But Della made the sacrifice, selling the hair to a wig-maker, and she bought a platinum watch chain with the money.
Her heart pounding with excitement, she waited for her husband to come home. He returned at last, and when he saw her, he was dumbfounded. The present he had brought for her was a pair of beautiful tortoiseshell combs to wear in her long hair. Della assured him that her hair will grow long again in no time and held out her hand with the platinum watch chain gleaming in it. Jim collapsed on the couch, then said with a smile, "Dell, let's put our Christmas presents away and keep them a while, They're too nice to use just now. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs."
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