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导读：1、自制圣诞贺卡，现在可以买到的贺卡各式各样的，如果你能够自己动手做一张贺卡，那肯定是比较有心意的，你再准备一份礼物，将这张贺卡别上去。2、玫瑰花瓣香盒，准备这样一份礼物，可能是需要一些时间，你先需要晾干玫瑰花，然后将玫瑰花装入一个心形的盒
1、自制圣诞贺卡，现在可以买到的贺卡各式各样的，如果你能够自己动手做一张贺卡，那肯定是比较有心意的，你再准备一份礼物，将这张贺卡别上去。2、玫瑰花瓣香盒，准备这样一份礼物，可能是需要一些时间，你先需要晾干玫瑰花，然后将玫瑰花装入一个心形的盒子里面，送给她，浪漫又有爱的这样一份礼物。3、一枚乐维斯钻戒，这枚钻戒是需要以你实名为她定制的~
欧亨利的《麦琪的礼物》
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
While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home A furnished flat at $8 per week It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad
In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name "Mr James Dillingham Young"
The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D But whenever Mr James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called "Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della Which is all very good
Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $187 with which to buy Jim a present She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far Expenses had been greater than she had calculated They always are Only $187 to buy a present for Jim Her Jim Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him Something fine and rare and sterling--something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim
There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room Perhaps you have seen a pier-glass in an $8 flat A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks Della, being slender, had mastered the art
Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length
Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's The other was Della's hair Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy
So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her And then she did it up again nervously and quickly Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet
On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street
Where she stopped the sign read: "Mne Sofronie Hair Goods of All Kinds" One flight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the "Sofronie"
"Will you buy my hair" asked Della
"I buy hair," said Madame "Take yer hat off and let's have a sight at the looks of it"
Down rippled the brown cascade
"Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand
"Give it to me quick," said Della
Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings Forget the hashed metaphor She was ransacking the stores for Jim's present
She found it at last It surely had been made for Jim and no one else There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation--as all good things should do It was even worthy of The Watch As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim's It was like him Quietness and value--the description applied to both Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain
When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends--a mammoth task
Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically
"If Jim doesn't kill me," she said to herself, "before he takes a second look at me, he'll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl But what could I do--oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty- seven cents"
At 7 o'clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops
Jim was never late Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment She had a habit for saying little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please God, make him think I am still pretty"
The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it He looked thin and very serious Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two--and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves
Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face
Della wriggled off the table and went for him
"Jim, darling," she cried, "don't look at me that way I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present It'll grow out again--you won't mind, will you I just had to do it My hair grows awfully fast Say `Merry Christmas!' Jim, and let's be happy You don't know what a nice-- what a beautiful, nice gift I've got for you"
"You've cut off your hair" asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor
"Cut it off and sold it," said Della "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow I'm me without my hair, ain't I"
Jim looked about the room curiously
"You say your hair is gone" he said, with an air almost of idiocy
"You needn't look for it," said Della "It's sold, I tell you--sold and gone, too It's Christmas Eve, boy Be good to me, for it went for you Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered," she went on with sudden serious sweetness, "but nobody could ever count my love for you Shall I put the chops on, Jim"
Out of his trance Jim seemed quickly to wake He enfolded his Della For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction Eight dollars a week or a million a year--what is the difference A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them This dark assertion will be illuminated later on
Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it upon the table
"Don't make any mistake, Dell," he said, "about me I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a while at first"
White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat
For there lay The Combs--the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jewelled rims--just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone
But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say: "My hair grows so fast, Jim!"
And them Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, "Oh, oh!"
Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm The dull precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit
"Isn't it a dandy, Jim I hunted all over town to find it You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now Give me your watch I want to see how it looks on it"
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled
"Dell," said he, "let's put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while They're too nice to use just at present I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs And now suppose you put the chops on"
The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger They invented the art of giving Christmas presents Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest Everywhere they are wisest They are the magi
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精简不就是从中截取一两段嘛，别偷懒，把原文意思理解透了还怕什么。实在看不懂就中文，这应该是英语四级的水平。
其实，从某种意义上而言，创意的多少取决于你为准备那礼物花了多少心思。
所以了，你可以自制礼物，比如个性电子相册、幸运星等等。当然，可以送买的礼物，但需要花心思去好好包装一下，比如：
一、制作一个她（他）形象的玩偶，突出她（他）的特点和服饰。对方看到这个东东，听着你如何如何克服困难做的过程，要感动得一塌糊涂了！陶艺、玻璃等材料均可。
二、睡衣。睡衣是万能的礼物哦。因为不用考虑号码大小，差不多就可以穿，不象外边穿的衣
服可能号码款式比较挑剔。而且，睡衣是贴身穿的，让你的爱人在睡觉的时候都想你哦。
三、丝巾。丝巾是冬天的最佳点缀。总能配上爱人的衣服，让你的冬天充满暖意。
四、自制个性相册：电子相册也行，但要配上温暖的文字。这把你自己或者你和他在一起的照片整理成册。看到你们一路走来的美好时光，他肯定会很感动，想起你的无数好。
五、一条漂亮的手链，最好是银白的细细两根纠缠在一起的那种。以后可以天天戴着，看到美丽的手链，就想到甜蜜的爱人。我觉得这个方法，送她的时候可以眼前一亮，而且喜悦会很持久哦。
六、高级笔记本连包装16元，高级水笔连包装12元，钢笔25元，附一张贺卡简约型2元-5元。
七、营养品，补品，男性就送什么昂立多邦90元，女性就送什么珍珠粉60-70元，老人就送补酒100元，小孩就送大盒丹麦曲奇。送营养品总是万能的，现在大家都注重身体健康了嘛！
八、MP3或者录音笔。了解她喜欢什么，留意她所说的话，女孩子有时候暗示的，有意或者无意的。先灌满他（她）喜欢的歌曲或者你的录制的祝福话语。当场放给她（他）听哦。
九、一顿麦当劳、肯德鸡或者牛排套餐。特别是牛排套餐，只需要30元/份，就可以有红酒、牛排、面包
十、还有变色水杯：水杯代表一辈子，可以把你的照片印在杯子上，在倒满一定温度水的时候才会显示出来。他每次喝水的时候都会想起你，特别温馨。最好是一对的了。
十一、亲手折叠幸运星吧，每一颗幸运星里都写上一句能够打动他的话语，比如他为你做过的某一件事情。当他看到的时候，会很感动的。
十二、其实，打火机、钱包、皮带、鞋子、T恤礼物也行，不过需要在包装上花点心思，比如用一个很有档次的盒子装起来，放一张心型的贺卡，在贺卡上面贴上你的大头贴+一段温暖的话语，特别动人心啊。
十三、另外，DIY蛋糕也不错。虽然蛋糕不能保留下来，但是你可以用DV或者手机把过生日的场景拍下来，这是非常美好的记录。可以每年生日都拍下来，以后拿出来回味的时候很有意义吧。
送老婆礼物前十件排名如下：1 首饰：每个女性都喜爱首饰，尤其是青春年华的女儿和优雅的妻子。2 衣服和鞋子：尽管妻子可能已经有足够的衣服和鞋子，但是如果她没有足够多的美丽衣服和鞋子，为什么不应该给她买一些呢？3 电子产品：女性也开始使用更多的科技产品，例如智能手表，智能家居设备等。4 旅行：带妻子去一个浪漫的度假胜地，或者只是在一个新的城市中漫步，都是很好的礼物。5 美食：如果你的妻子是个美食家，那么带她去一个高级的餐厅，或者为她制作一顿美味的晚餐，都是很好的礼物。6 鲜花：美丽的花朵是浪漫的礼物，它们可以用来装饰房间或作为妻子的个人花束。7 书籍：如果你的妻子是个书虫，那么给她买一本她一直想要看的书，或者是一本关于她的爱好或行业的书籍。8 音乐和**：如果你们的共同爱好是音乐和**，那么带她去看一场她一直想看的**，或者为她购买一些她喜欢的音乐专辑。9 健身和运动：如果你的妻子喜欢健身和运动，那么带她去健身房，或者为她购买一些她喜欢的运动器材。10 美容护肤：如果你的妻子关注外表和护肤，那么给她购买一些她喜欢的护肤品或化妆品。以上就是送老婆礼物前十件排名的相关信息，希望对您有所帮助。
