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Fred Klein
Counsel, Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP 1350 Broadway, 11th floor
12.20.2013 (3993 days ago)

The Gift of the Magi

The Gift of the Magi
3993 days ago 8 comments Categories: Holidays Tags:
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I'm sure you know O'Henry's story of The gift of the Magi wherein a husband-and-wife sacrifice for each other to buy then unusable holiday presents for each other.



The closest that I have come to such a scenario occurred when i was very young on a long ago Christmas Day.



As I remember it these many years later, on Christmas morning Santa brought me a beautiful top which generated electronic sparkles when spun. I was so enthralled by it!  I couldn't take my eyes off of it.



Later in the day we had company and the visiting couple had a little boy of the same age who gave me a present. The problem was we did not have a present for him. Quickly, my mother took me aside and said that we had to give my treasured top to that innocent boy.



To this day I can never forget how disappointed I was, but it had to be done and that was that.



Do you gave a similar childhood memory?


 
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