Della opens the package to find expensive tortoiseshell combs for her long hair. He explains that no haircut could make him love her any less, but that he was surprised because of the present that he bought for her. Jim snaps out of his shock, hugs Della, and throws a package on the table. Della tells him that she did it in order to buy a proper Christmas present for him. When Jim walks into the door, he freezes, staring at Della’s hair. The chain is described as possessing “quietness and value,” like Jim.ĭella returns home to fix her hair into curls and make dinner.
Then she uses the money to buy Jim a simple platinum watch chain. Della’s brown hair and Jim’s gold watch that had been passed down from his grandfather are the couple’s most prized possessions.ĭella runs to a hair shop and sells her hair for twenty dollars. Della suddenly goes to gaze at her reflection in a window, letting her hair fall to its full length below her knee.
She had been hoping to save enough to buy her husband Jim a worthy Christmas present. The story begins with Della despairing over the meager amount of money she’s managed to save over the past few months by pinching pennies.
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