A Christmas Tale

One dollar and eighty seven cents was hardly enough to buy a Christmas present. Aside from the gold watch gifted to him by his dad, that was all James and Della had. Della had long blond hair that reached down to her knees. James would often tease her by calling her Goldilocks. But she always reminded him that she was more like Rapunzel. Their neighbors, John and Dianne were quite wealthy. However Dianne was battling cancer, and had lost all her hair. On Christmas eve the two couples went shopping for gifts. Della, desperate to buy a gift for James sold her hair to a ritzy beauty salon. With the funds from that sale she bought James a chain for his gold watch. Meanwhile, James sold his watch and bought Della an assortment of beautiful combs and hair clips. On Christmas morning the presents were opened. James was stunned to find that Della had cut off all her hair. Della was shocked to learn that James had sold his gold watch. John was quite pleased with the gold watch Dianne got him. And she looked ravishing in the wig of long blond hair John got her. One dollar and eighty seven cents wasn't much at all, but the gift of love is priceless. Merry Christmas!