OH God!!! Its that torture time of year again.

Davey Jones

Davey Jones

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Of all the things I really,really hate doing is wrapping a Xmas present.
I cannot wrap a simple Xmas present if my life depended on it.

Why cant those present be all the same size?you know,length and width.
Why do they have so many different angels to figure out where this wrapping papers goes.

Why is it that every time I buy the Xmas wrapping paper rolls that says its
6 feet long by 48 inches wide and I cant even wrap a box with sneakers in it, I usually end up throwing the other 4 feet away since it all wrinkled and ripped and the cats love rolling in it.

Why is it when I buy and bring all 6 rolls of Xmas paper home the kid says "you brought all the same pattern/color,take it back".
WHAT? this wrapping paper lasts about 5 minutes under the tree on Xmas AM so what's the problem?

Why do I need a scissors to cut this very,very thin paper,how the heck can you cut a straight line on Xmas papers that has multiple colors and drawings on it.

Why cant I just wrap this present up and write the name on it without the teen gal here screaming "that's not wrapped right and you need to also use red ribbon with a large bow on that box and don't forget the label." label? it a toy for a 7 year old,ya think he's going to read it when for some strange reasons he knows exactly where his presents are and whats in those boxes. How do they do that ????

Oh GREAT!!Now I gotta go back out to the store again.."You have to use scotch tape not string,geez Papa."
 

Buy tissue paper and bags. Put the gift in the bag and cover it with tissue paper. To: From: are on the tag attached to the bag.

Presto!!!! All done.
 
My Christmas list has grown smaller and smaller but, when I was in heavy shopping mode for family and friends, always headed to the gift wrap department and let the ladies there do their thing. Well, one fine December day, a young woman who must have been a helpless beginner made a mess of the job and it turned out even worse than my pathetic attempts of creating a pretty presentation. SO, gave in to just doing it myself from then on. Sloppy wrapping makes it . . . personalized...
 

Grrrr; wrapping. I do an awful job sometimes, but with some ribbon and bows, it ends up looking ok. Who really looks at it anyway; it gets ripped open and discarded - on to the gift inside!!!!

Rarely use gift bags; don't know why. Oh, and some of us on a forum got a tongue lashing from a Canadian who said gift wrap was a horrid waste and filled up the landfills. True, but we told her what about the fast food containers, water bottles and Starbucks cups she used nearly every day?!

Anyway, I still have to start wrapping; gotta do that this week.
 
Old Hipster said:
That is the only way to go. I haven't wrapped a present in years.
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Trouble with that is I got 15 year old gal and 7 year old boy here and a 15 year usually gets 10 presents,the boy usually expects thousands and thousands so all those bags and piled up near the tree,well you get the picture..
 
Davey Jones said:
Trouble with that is I got 15 year old gal and 7 year old boy here and a 15 year usually gets 10 presents,the boy usually expects thousands and thousands so all those bags and piled up near the tree,well you get the picture..
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Lucky boy!! :)
I understand your problem ... "the picture" probably looks better with boxes, but maybe a few gift bags mixed in for the harder to wrap items could work. . (although of course easier to snoop through for kids)
Also, wrapping an "obvious" present into something strange looking might help keep a surprise better. ... bigger box, weird shape, etc. .(like they show in TV commercials)

And don't department stores wrap anything anymore???

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I must be mad, I love wrapping xmas presents,there are not so many to wrap these days though as the older kids get money.
 
Davey Jones said:
Trouble with that is I got 15 year old gal and 7 year old boy here and a 15 year usually gets 10 presents,the boy usually expects thousands and thousands so all those bags and piled up near the tree,well you get the picture..
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I can understand the problem then, and kids could peek in them very easily!
 
Toilet paper always worked well for me - I'd buy the Family Pack a few weeks before Christmas. It was as easy as wrapping an Ace bandage around your arm!
 
Also, wrapping an "obvious" present into something strange looking might help keep a surprise better. ... bigger box, weird shape, etc. .(like they show in TV commercials)
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Yes! I'm with you Bonnie, it appealed to my Machiavellian nature to hoodwink the recipient as to what they were getting. Bwaahahaha
My Mum had the mind of a 4 year old when it came to wrapped presents. They drove her to distraction. She was obsessed with trying to guess what it was ahead of time. All her pressies were covered in fingerprints and little tiny tears in the corners where she'd been trying to suss them out before opening day. I used to double wrap them sometimes just to complicate her life more. It was hilarious.

I must be mad too, like you Nan, wrapping them was the funnest part, far more than buying the damned things. I wrapped everything I could get my hands on. Loved it.
Everything got the treatment, ribbons, tinsel, stickers you name it. Left over paper got used to disguise a lousy bag of lollies or whatever it would fit around.
I had those angles and folds down pat. Now I haven't got a bloody thing to wrap and I miss that. We did our present exchanges by addressing presents bought online to each other so they came wrapped in delivery bags.

Those fancy Christmas gift bags are a great idea for the busy and talentless but they ain't 'fun'.
 
"It's The Most Torturous Time Of The Year"
with apologies to Harry Connick Jr.

It's the most torturous time of the year
When your legs start their swelling
And everyone's telling you "Be of good cheer"
It's the most torturous time of the year

It's the most depressing season of all
With those transparent greetings and boring work meetings
When "friends" come to call
It's the most depressing season of all

There'll be parties for hosting
Where everyone's boasting
And cars all stuck out in the snow
There'll be scarce inventories
And lots of fake stories of
Christmases long, long ago

It's the most torturous time of the year
There'll be lots of horn-blowing
And rage will be showing
When family is near
It's the most torturous time of the year

:p
 
Diwundrin said:
I must be mad too, like you Nan, wrapping them was the funnest part, far more than buying the damned things. I wrapped everything I could get my hands on. Loved it.
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The only truly "fun" time I ever had was when I would have a present to give, something small like a ring or a book, and I'd get this humungous box like you'd get a major kitchen appliance in, I'd weigh it down inside with duct-taped bricks then wrap that puppy 'till it couldn't breathe.
 
Diwundrin said:
Too easy! I'd progressed to dismantling a gadget and wrapping the bits separately to further confound and confuse. Bigger boxes are for amateurs.
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Consider me kneeling at the feet of The Master.

... IF I were still giving presents, which practice I abolished long ago.

How about small explosive shaped-charges - ever get into that? :devilish:
 
A cunning plan if ever I heard one, but no, didn't think of it (damn!) and so remained a boring pacifist. Maybe if I'd been acquainted with an ex bomb disposal expert it would have 'triggered' the notion and I'd have been tempted, but.....
I may have considered including them in returned defunct items to the retailer too but luckily that opportunity never arose.
 
Wrapped everything this morning. No bows although I might pick some up later. I love the wrapping, it puts me in the holiday mood! I wrap the pressies and sometimes put them in the bags too. They aren't perfect, but have been wrapped with much love.
 
I used to do all that fancy wrapping and bows thing. But, I don't do all that anymore. I just wrap up the presents with nice paper, and then put the rest in gift bags, I so love those gift bags.
 
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