Della had exactly $1.87 to start with — at the beginning of the story.

Explanation: On Christmas Eve, Della Young discovers that she has only $1.87 to buy a present for her husband Jim. She visits the nearby shop of a hairdresser, Madame Sofronie, who buys Della’s long hair for $20. Della then uses the money to buy a platinum pocket watch chain for Jim.

This is a good question. Della cuts and sells her hair to get money to buy her husband a chain for his watch. Della does this ultimately because she loves Jim, her husband. Within the context, Della also does this because they are a very poor couple.

Della decides to sell her beautiful long hair to buy a gift for Jim. She sells her hair for $ 20 to Madame Sofronie. She buys a simple platinum fob chain for Jim’s gold watch for $ 21.

In the story “The Gift of the Magi” Della wanted to purchase a watch bob for her husband Jim. Della thought that Jim looked very nice and prominent with his watch and wanted him to have a nice platinum fob chain.

Jim gives Della her present– a set of ornamental combs, which she will be unable to use until her hair grows back out. Della gives Jim the watch chain, and he tells her that he sold the watch to buy the combs.

Della’s gift to Jim is a chain for his watch (which he just sold). Jim’s gift to Della is a set of combs that she wants for her hair (which she just sold). The combs are a perfect gift, because Jim knows that Della will love putting them in her hair to even further enhance its beauty.

James “Jim” Duncan Halpert (born October 1, 1978) is a fictional character played by John Krasinski in the television series The Office and was originally based on Tim Canterbury in the UK version of The Office.

Della asks Madame Sofronie if she would be willing to buy Della’s long, beautiful brown hair. Madame Sofronie agrees and pays her $20. Della is then able to use this $20 to buy Jim a Christmas gift, namely a gold watch chain for his prized pocket watch.

She is Della. Della finished her crying and cleaned the marks of it from her face. She stood by the window and looked out with no interest. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a gift.

How is Jim’s gift to Della ironic? Della gave up her prized possession, her long hair, to buy a fob chain for Jim’s watch. Jim gave up his prized possession, his gold watch, to buy combs for Della’s hair. NEITHER ONE OF THEM CAN USE THEIR CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

What does Della do for extra money? How much does she receive? She cuts her long beautiful hair and gets 20 dollars.

So, she decides to sell her hair to a woman who makes wigs and other hair articles. The woman pays Della $20 for her hair.

Since Jim’s watch was on an old leather strap, he… looked at his watch secretly because he was embarrassed by the poor-looking strap. What did Della do with her hair when she got home? She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages.

Della sold her hair to buy Jim a pocket watch chain. Della believes that Jim’s reaction means that he does not like her hair cut, he does not think she is beautiful anymore, and he will no longer love her. In reality, he was just surprised because it made his present for her worthless.

What main problem does Della face? She doesn’t know what to buy Jim for Christmas. She lost the money she was going to use to buy Jim’s Christmas present. She only has $1.87 to buy a Christmas present for Jim.

Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny round curls of hair that made her look wonderfully like a schoolboy. She looked at herself in the glass mirror long and carefully.

Della and Jim are wise, because they each sacrificed something they loved for a gift for someone they loved more than the sacrifice itself. They were foolish because they did not even ask each other what they wanted and they waited to the last minute to get a gift.

Della and Jim both made a sacrifice that was the most they had to give. Della was extremely proud of her hair and Jim was very sentimental about his watch.

Della and Jim sell valuable things to get money to buy gifts for each other, because they are poor. Both Della and Jim give up valuable possessions so they can buy Christmas gifts for each other. Della and Jim were wise because they were willing to make sacrifices to show their love for each other.