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Undoubtedly his most famous story is "The Gift of the Magi," about an impoverished couple who make personal sacrifices to show each other their love at Christmas time. Like Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol,'' it is often read aloud during the Christmas season.
But he found stories everywhere. One of his most famous stories, "A Municipal Report," opens by quoting Frank Norris: "Fancy a novel about [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] or [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], let us say, or [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]! There are just three big cities in the United States that are 'story cities'; New York, of course, [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], and, best of the lot, [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]." Thumbing his nose at Norris, O. Henry sets the story in Nashville.<!--Well, yes, this is from Wikipedia, but since I was the one who added it there I don't see why I can't add it here.--->
"The Random of Red Chief" is an hysterically funny story about the kidnapping of a bratty, obnoxious boy of ten.
