- Exposition: Della has only $1.87 to buy Jim a Christmas present; the poor couple prize Jim’s gold watch and Della’s hair.
- Inciting moment: Della decides to sell her hair.
- Rising action: She sells her hair for $20, buys a platinum fob chain and curls her short hair, anxious about Jim’s reaction.
- Conflict / climax: Jim stares at her strangely; he reveals that he bought her combs by selling his watch.
- Resolution: They put the gifts away, realise their love is the real gift, and sit down to dinner; the narrator calls them the wisest, the magi.
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· 25 Oct 2026
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