![]() ![]() When Jim comes home from work that evening, Della admits to him that she sold her hair to buy him the chain. ![]() Della then uses the money to buy a platinum pocket watch chain for Jim. She visits the nearby shop of a hairdresser, Madame Sofronie, who buys Della's long hair for $20 (about $600 in 2021). On Christmas Eve, Della Young discovers that she has only $1.87 (equivalent to about $62 in 2022) to buy a present for her husband Jim. The story was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place in New York City. The plot and its twist ending are well known the ending is generally considered an example of comic irony. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. ![]()
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