Saturday, January 25, 2014

What is the true "gift" in "The Gift of the Magi"?

Have you ever heard the expression "It's the thought that counts"? That's the gist of this story. Jim and Della loved each other so much that each was willing to give up the material thing that was most precious to them in order to buy a gift for the other. In the end, neither of them could use the gift they received, but it didn't matter. The love that inspired them to do something special for each other was the true gift.

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