<P> The story was initially published in The New York Sunday World under the title "Gifts of the Magi" on December 10, 1905 . It was first published in book form in the O. Henry Anthology The Four Million in April 1906 . </P> <P> Mr. James Dillingham Young ("Jim") and his wife, Della, are a couple living in a modest apartment . </P> <P> On Christmas night, with only $1.87 in hand, and desperate to find a gift for Jim, Della sells her hair for $20 to a nearby hairdresser named Madame Sofronie, and eventually finds a platinum / steel pocket watch fob chain for Jim's watch for $21 . Satisfied with the perfect gift for Jim, Della runs home and begins to prepare pork chops for dinner . </P> <P> At 7 o'clock, Della sits at a table near the door, waiting for Jim to come home . Unusually late, Jim walks in and immediately stops short at the sight of Della, who had previously prayed that she was still pretty to Jim . Della then admits to Jim that she sold her hair to buy him his present . Jim gives Della her present--an assortment of combs, useless now that her hair is pretty short . Della then shows Jim the chain she bought for him, to which Jim says he sold his watch to get the money to buy her combs . Although Jim and Della are now left with gifts that neither one can use, they realize how far they are willing to go to show their love for each other, and how priceless their love really is . </P>

How much did della sell her hair for