“Appointment with Love” and “The Gift of the Magi” are two stories devoted to the same topic of love. The stories are completely different in their plot but have many similarities in the main characters and the relationships between them. “Appointment with Love” was written by Sulamith Ish-Kishor and was first published in 1943 in the heat of World War II. In this story, a military pilot, Lt. Blandford, returns from the frontline and is getting ready to meet the lady he has been corresponding with for more than a year for the first time. “The gift of the Magi” is a Christmas story which was written by O’ Henry and was first published in 1905. The plot of this story is built around a young married couple Della and Jim. They are facing serious financial challenges and doing their best to preserve their feelings. While one story was written by a man and the other by a woman about forty years apart, both feature love and affection on the different stages of their development. Sulamith Ish-Kishor in “Appointment with Love” and O’ Henry in “The Gift of the Magi” feature characters who are ready to sacrifice a lot for their beloved people. The stories convey the theme that love should be seen as an internal power that never lies on the surface; both stories show that one has to be devoted and wise to support the feelings of the close people because only true feelings make life real. The stories under analysis have a number of common traits and some differences. The similarities result from the choice of the theme, and unique features typical of the stores are created by the vision of the author. All those features create the narration full of feelings and emotions sophisticatedly reflected in the plot. The main characters of the stories have several traits in common. First of all, they are all young, creative, and determined in facing the challenges of the world. Secondly, they are full of feelings and emotions resulting from their perception of reality. The difference between the characters of “Appointment with Love” and “The Gift of the Magi” is created by the nature of the world. While Della and Jim are facing financial difficulties, the main character of “Appointment with Love,” John Blanchard, puts his life at stake fighting Nazi Germany. The intensity of feelings creates suspense from the first lines of the “Appointment with Love.” The routine life under the burden of poverty creates smooth narration abundant in mirror details in “The Gift of the Magi.” While uncovering the theme of love and wisdom, the authors create the most lovely female characters corresponding to the conventional understanding of beauty in women. O’ Henry describes Della as a slender young woman with the most beautiful knee-length brown hair. Ish-Kishor describes Miss Maynell with the help of the main hero. With a leap of his heart, Lt. Blandford sees a young girl of about 18. “Her figure was long and slim; her blond hair lay back in curls from delicate ears. Her eyes were blue as flowers, her lips and chin had a gentle firmness. In her pale-green suit, she was like springtime come alive” (para. 5). Both female characters are rather typical in their appearance. But their characters are not boring and predictable. Della or Mrs. James Dillingham Young is an inventive young lady and a devoted wife who finds a way to make a good present to her husband