While this story is a true descriptor of "true love" the same argument can be made for a Hallmark movie. This story really is hinged on the reader finding the irony biting enough and the twists, albeit weak, enough to view this as a complex work of literature worth reading and sharing. Simply put, it isn't. Henry is about as subtle as a fourth drader when writing this and supposed twists are obvious cliches that make reading "The Gift of the Magi" a chores