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It takes place during Christmas. The main characters are Jim and Della. They are poor, and don't have enough money to get each other presents. They both sold their most prized possessions to pay for a gift for each other. Della cuts off all her hair and sells it to buy a gift for Jim. She buys him a chain for his watch. Jim sold his watch to buy a gift for Della. He bought her combs for her long beautiful hair. They both sacrificed their favorite things for the love of one another.
Mr. Raymond thinks this, because Scout and Dill have not yet been alive long enough to become corrupted and hateful. The adults in Maycomb have built up years of gossip and prejudices, but Raymond sees young children such as Scout and Dill as a type of clean slate, who can still be educated about the way others live, and can understand things differently than the others in town.