The Gift of the Magi by O Henry

Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults

Taesha Glasgow

Stories To Help You Sleep, Unknown, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Just Sleep, Bedtime Stories For Adults

4 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Drift off tonight to two Christmas sleep stories - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry and Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells.

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0:00.0	Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. I'm Tasia, your host.
0:16.2	Every week, I will read you an old story to help you relax,
0:22.3	but the stressful day behind you and drift off to sleep.
0:36.0	Occasionally, we will run ads in order to cover the costs of the production of the podcast.
0:44.1	Rest assured, there will be no ads during or after the story.
0:50.8	If you prefer an ad-free and intro-free show, you can join Just Sleep Premium.
1:01.4	Visit Just Sleeppodcast.com slash support for more information.
1:10.3	Tonight, I will be reading two Christmas short stories,
1:15.8	The Gift of the Magi and Christmas Every Day.
1:21.5	So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story.
1:31.2	The Gift of the Magi by O'Henry.
1:37.8	$1.87.87. That was all. And 60 cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time
1:48.6	by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher, until one's cheeks
1:54.8	burned with the silent imputation of parsimony at such close dealing implied.
2:04.2	Three times, Della counted it.
2:07.4	One dollar and 87 cents,
2:09.8	and the next day would be Christmas.
2:12.8	There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
2:17.3	So Della did it,
2:19.3	which insticates the moral reflection
2:21.1	that life is made up of sobs,
2:23.5	sniffles and smiles,
	...

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