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Della sold her knee length hair, to buy a chain for Jim's pocket watch. Jim sold his watch to buy a set of combs for her long hair. Both had parted with an item they prized in order to give the other a special gift that they could not otherwise afford.

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Della worked as a shopgirl in "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry.

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Della bought her husband a silver watch chain.
A silver watch chain.

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She sells her hair to buy him a chain for his pocket watch. Sadly, he sold his watch to buy her a comb for her hair.

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Della sells her hair to buy her husband a Christmas gift.

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The Magi in the title and the characters Jim and Della all work as gift-giving.?

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What do Jim and Della stand for in The Gift of The Magi?

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they are poor but gladly happy