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Based on O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” this modern adaptation updates the tale of love and sacrifice to the modern day. In this version, Lucy and Robbie are a young married couple living in the city who love each other very much though they have different ideas of what to spend money on for this Christmas. Rocky would like to go cross country on his motorcycle and Lucia wants to save for the down payment on a house. When a baby comes into the picture, everything changes.“O. Henry would most likely approve of Marisa Smith’s adaptation of his timeless short story, ‘The Gift of the Magi’ … Lucy and Robbie are authentic people … You feel Lucy and Robbie’s angst … Most of all, you hope this young couple, beset by the pressures of 21st century life and faced with a major personal dilemma, can sustain their marriage … The magi in O. Henry’s short story symbolize wisdom, something Robbie and Lucy evolve by play’s end. In doing so, they reflect Joseph Campbell’s view on relationships. ‘Marriage … means yielding, time and again,’ Campbell wrote. ‘That’s why it’s a sacrament: you give up your personal simplicity to participate in a relationship. And when you’re giving, you’re not giving to the other person: you’re giving to the relationship.'” —Christopher Florentz