Christmas Gift

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry is a Christmas story that gives the reader a glance into the life of a young couple. Each romanticizes something very important to them and both want to get each other grand gifts. The only issue is that they do not have much money. They each go to great lengths to get something special for their significant other. O. Henry uses irony, the contrast between expectation and reality, to show the reader that objects are not as important as people. O. Henry portrays…

something beyond itself. In the stories, The gift of the magi by O. Henry and Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Tellez, the objects they possessed represented the choice they made and that represents who they are. In The gift of the magi, Jim and Della have their most prized possessions a watch and some hair and In Lather and nothing else, The barber has his razor.What the characters had represented their choices which reveals their personalities. In the gift of the magi, Jim and Della are a…

Have you ever sacrificed your possessions for a loved one in your life? The short story, "The Gift of The Magi," by O. Henry is an amazing short story about love and sacrifice between a couple. A Sir, named Jim, and a madam, named Della. Both made sacrifices in this short story by giving up the possessions they value most in their relationship. Sacrifice in this short story is shown by a couple giving up their most valuable possessions for each other. Della and Jim used all of their money to buy…

The First Christmas in the Kingdom of Zodd It was the day before Christmas in the Kingdom of Zodd, and it had been the first year in the kingdom that the king had learned about Jesus and God. But the people were wondering what to do on this day they looked for the king to see if he knew what to say. The king sat on his throne to think of something special, so he sent for his friends his captain and even his court jester to ask for their advice to see what should happen… “I have brought you…

I emptied the bowl of my pipe by knocking it against the gate post. Then, I opened the car door. My aunt began to cry. “I’ve had so many bad dreams about you. I was worried you wouldn’t return,” she said. “I’m alive and well,” I said, “Merry Christmas.” As we went inside the house, Uncle Galway and I carried the…

Lewis has always been known for their Christmas advertisements and the powerful emotions that they inspire. John Lewis is a United Kingdom and online business that focuses on the selling of multiple products from holiday decorations, gifts, and even items such as insurances or luxury cars. This companies appeal is not only their selection of products but the message of togetherness and family they attempt to put into everything that they sell. Their Christmas advertisement titled “The Man on the…

mingling, dinner was served first. Still, Mom and Dad avoided each other like repelling magnets. The women worked diligently to clear the dinner mess. With their tummies full, the grandchildren were ready for gifts. Begging and pledging to open gifts, we gathered around the dainty white, Christmas tree. Somehow everybody had smiles on their faces, as if touched by the holiday spirt. Soon the room was filled with laughter and love. It was an awkward, success that would continue for the next…

There’s so much that I’ve forgotten about that Christmas… I’m not even sure if it was in my uncle Mickey’s current house or the house before that. What I do know is that it was in the top five Christmases I had growing up. We stopped gift giving and celebrating when I was twelve or thirteen; by the time I started high school, we didn’t even put the tree up. Too much damn work to get that thing up and down in a timely manner each year. When I was really little, we left the tree up way into the…

Woodfield Area Children’s Organization (WACO) is a volunteer-nonprofit organization and each year around Christmas time, they travel to local Walmarts and host shopping events for preschoolers in low-income areas and provide each child with eighty dollars to spend. Two teenagers were assigned to push me around in the shopping cart while looking for the objects my family filled out in the Christmas list. I remember this so clearly because it was such an exhilarating event for me. I remember the…

I was a member of a car club called No Limits Kustoms (NLK), and we would focus our efforts on Making Christmas better for impoverished children by using our love of cars. One of the ways we helped was by donating our time and effort by volunteering at the malls Salvation Army Angel Tree program. We would alter public space in the center of the mall by setting up tables next to a huge Christmas tree. The table would have these angel name hangers with children’s names on them. When people came up…