nbsp Shining like a cascade of brown waters nbsp It falls below her knee Jim also loves her hair It is her beauty Della takes great care of it But at Christmas time she has only one dollar and eighty-seven cents to buy a gift for Jim She wants to give him something good Her love is stronger than her pride So she decides to sacrifice her hair This shows her courage and deep love Della s Sacrifice to Buy the Gift Della goes to Madame Sofronie s shop She asks nbsp Will you buy my hair nbsp Madame Sofronie touches her hair and says Twenty dollars She sells her hair for twenty dollars With the money she buys a platinum watch chain for Jim nbsp The narrator says about the chain that nbsp It was even worthy of The Watch Della wants Jim to feel proud when he takes out his watch This gift shows love It shows sacrifice She does not think of herself She thinks only of Jim s happiness This proves her true love Jim s Proud Possession- His Gold Watch Jim has only one treasure It is his gold watch The narrator says it was his father s and his grandfather s watch It is old It is precious It is part of family history Jim values it more than anything He carries it with pride The narrator even says that if King Solomon were the janitor Caretaker of a building Jim would show his watch to make Solomon jealous This line shows the value of the watch It is Jim s pride But for Della s happiness he is ready to give it up Jim s Sacrifice to Buy the Combs Jim wants to give Della a gift she has always wished for She has long wanted a set of beautiful combs in a Broadway shop window He knows she loves them He knows she dreams of them But Jim has no money He earns only twenty dollars a week So he sells his gold watch to buy the combs The narrator describes the combs in such a way nbsp Beautiful combs pure tortoise shell with jewelled rims nbsp They are shiny They are expensive They are full of love Jim gives up his proud possession for Della His sacrifice proves his love nbsp Their Love is Proved Through Selfless Action When they exchange their gifts they discover the irony Jim has no watch for the chain Della has no long hair for the combs But this does not make them sad They smile They feel each other s love The narrator says nbsp Everywhere they are wisest They are the magi nbsp This line means they are wise Their gifts are wise Their love is wise They give not with money but with heart Their sacrifice proves true love nbsp Jim and Della prove their love by giving up their proud possessions Della gives her long hair Jim gives his gold watch Both gifts show sacrifice Both gifts show love They are the real Magi Their love makes the story eternal