For ten points, name this holiday at the center of "The Gift of the Magi," which titles a novel featuring Jacob Marley written by Charles Dickens.
Lord Byron described stories of this sort being "tortured into rhyme," and Uncle Franz replaces children with wax figures in a title about its annual occurrence. It titles a type of rose in a story about Robber Father and Abbot Hans written by [?] Selma Lagerlof. Chinua Achebe wrote about this tradition in Biafra, while the thieving scheme of James Ryder is investigated shortly after it in "The Blue Carbuncle." A novel named for it features Old Fezzwig, and this tradition provides the backdrop for a story involving the purchase of turtle shell combs and the sale of Della's hair. For ten points, name this holiday at the center of "The Gift of the Magi," which titles a novel featuring Jacob Marley written by Charles Dickens.
Lord Byron described stories of this sort being "tortured into rhyme," and Uncle Franz replaces children with wax figures in a title about its annual occurrence.
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