Did you get everything you wanted for Christmas? Or are you now poised for the big returning-unwanted-presents rush as soon as shops reopen? I heard this story about a Christmas present mishap that happened about a hundred years ago, and I just can't resist passing it on.
There was a young married couple, a man and a woman. They were poor, but very much in love. It was nearing Christmas, and the woman thought to herself that this year, she really wanted to buy her husband something special. He owned an antique golden watch, passed on from father to son for many generations. But the chain was missing. The woman decided to buy her husband a chain for his heirloom watch. She had very beautiful, thick hair down to her waist, and now she cut it and sold it so that she could buy a chain.
The husband also thought to himself that he really wanted to buy his wife something very special this Christmas. What did he do? He sold his beloved antique golden watch, so he could buy his wife a jeweled hair pin for her beautiful long hair...
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