in the story “The Gift of the Magi” Della and Jim worry a little about materialistic things and at the same time they don't. “it was a platinum key chain, simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substances alone and not by mean ornamentation as all good things should. It was even worth watching. As soon as he saw it he knew it had to be Jim's, it was like him. Silence and value. The description applied to both of them…as great as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it secretly because of the old leather strap he used instead of a chain. (O.19) This quote makes it a little clear that Jim didn't care how much the chain was worth, what mattered most to him was the thought he put into the