GIFT OF MAGI GN

(W) O. Henry (A) Joel Priddy 'Gift of the Magi' has become one of the best known and most beloved of Chistmas tales. An exuberant couple, urged on by their love, make great sacrifices in order to purchase the perfect Christmas gift for the other. When all is revealed on Christmas Eve, the sweet irony of their dual generosity leaves them, whether they know it or not, as the wisest of gift givers: 'But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.'