Happy Holidays from Queercents
A happy holiday greeting from our family to your family with warm thoughts and a sincere thank you for contributing another year as readers and writers of Queercents.
We’ll be back tomorrow with our regular scheduled programming. In the meantime, please enjoy my favorite money story at Christmastime about how two people sacrifice their greatest treasures for each other, with no regrets’¦ life and love is more important than money.
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. Continue reading at Project Gutenberg.
Happy Holidays!
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Love the blog and your tagline! Just found it tonight while googling about “emotional spending.” (I’m thinking about writing a book on the topic and am researching.)
What a nice surprise to find this story, too (the Gift of the Magi). I remember hearing it in a chapel message when I was maybe 8 years old and have never forgotten it.
Thanks again and Merry Christmas!
Kate: Thanks for stopping by Queercents! One of my favorite versions of this story is the picture book with illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger… truly a classic.