Based on O. Henry's endearing tale. Once three wise men came bearing gifts. Now a light dust of snow quiets the city streets. Christmas was upon a young couple whose sharing of lives together had just begun. A gift was needed and only a dollar and eighty-seven cents had been saved. Can the joy, the dreams, the hope for the future, the burning flame of love, be adequately expressed with only a dollar and eighty-seven cents?
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"This story has a very good moral. "It's the thought that counts". The end paragraph was kinda random but it does give the story closure. " — Shannon (5 out of 5 stars)
"This story has a very good moral. "It's the thought that counts". The end paragraph was kinda random but it does give the story closure. "
" This short story is very cute. I remember reading it high school and I just read it again, its a little classic. "
" I need to reread this at Christmas. Excellent story. I marked it as 'read in 2008,' but I really read it as a child -- a couple times. "
" read this so long ago, but the story is so timeless. "
" When I was a kid, I grew up watching the movie to this story. I hated it! All that money gone to waste! But it is a good classic "
" Amazing. When I read this. I loved it. It was just so pure. "
" My mom bought this for me a couple of Christmases ago. The illustrations are gorgeous, and of course, who doesn't love this classic story? "
" I didn't really understand that ending quote. "
" I've read it before and it still made me cry. "
" This short story is a classic one that became a trope. Many sitcom episodes are based off this simple story "
" Short and sweet simple story, skilfully narrated. Surely got me into exploring other books from this author. "
O. Henry (1862–1910), born William Sydney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina, was a short-story writer whose tales romanticized the commonplace, in particular, the lives of ordinary people in New York City. His stories often had surprise endings, a device that became identified with his name. He began writing sketches around 1887, and his stories of adventure in the Southwest United States and in Central America were immediately popular with magazine readers.
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