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Post by 950nancy on Dec 3, 2020 0:58:11 GMT
My mom always made Christmas so special with her gift giving skills and her love of a well wrapped gift. We won't discuss the fact that the boxes were used over and over for 10 years, but the gifts looked amazing. In high school and college I worked at the mall and would help out the gift wrappers during really busy times and loved having all the pretties to decorate the boxes. I probably average 45-50 gifts each Christmas that I need to wrap or bag. Five (for the neighbors) get bagged, but the rest get a proper Martha Stewart wrapping. Anyone else out there love to wrap? I totally understand that bags are more economical (in the long run), time saving, and don't fill up the landfills, but I still like the look of a nicely wrapped package.
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Post by padresfan619 on Dec 3, 2020 0:59:04 GMT
For Christmas I wrap in boxes. For every other gift giving occasion I use bags.
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Post by mnmloveli on Dec 3, 2020 1:06:33 GMT
I’m definitely a wrapper ! I think some of the bags are beautiful but for me, there’s nothing like unwrapping a present !
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Post by mollycoddle on Dec 3, 2020 1:08:17 GMT
Bagger all the way. I have 10 thumbs, and none of them are talented at wrapping.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Dec 3, 2020 1:10:27 GMT
Wrapper here. If I bag, the cats either unpack the bags, or get into the bags. Or both.
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Post by jmad122 on Dec 3, 2020 1:10:41 GMT
I will sometimes bag a gift, but I prefer a wrapped gift. I think it has to do with the time it takes to open the gift rather than just pulling out some tissue.
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Post by lisae on Dec 3, 2020 1:12:19 GMT
I, too, love a wrapped gift. I do very little gifting these days - just the occasional baby shower or wedding gift. When I do, sometimes I wrap, sometimes I use a bag. It varies depending on the gift. When I was in high school and college, I wrapped all the gifts even the ones to me. Mother would tape the boxes shut and I'd wrap them.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Dec 3, 2020 1:15:26 GMT
For Christmas I wrap in boxes. For every other gift giving occasion I use bags. This is me too. Also if I put a bag with tissue paper on the floor it would not survive one of my Cockers, Ollie. He thinks tissue paper is a snack. |
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Post by cmpeter on Dec 3, 2020 1:17:38 GMT
Wrapper unless it's a really difficult shape and I don't have a box that fits.
DD is the big wrapper in our family though. I give her my pile of Christmas gifts with post it notes for who each one goes to and she wraps them all. The exception is her gifts, which I wrap.
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Post by sawwhet on Dec 3, 2020 1:22:47 GMT
I only buy for my immediate family. They all receive presents in cloth bags with ribbon draw strings. We're a no excess packaging family  |
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Post by janeliz on Dec 3, 2020 1:41:20 GMT
I prefer to wrap, just for looks, but I often get to a point where I can’t wrap one more thing so I turn to bags. Plus, our cats love to play with the tissue paper in the bags so I can’t have many of them under the tree.
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Post by myboysnme on Dec 3, 2020 1:42:32 GMT
I am a wrapper. First of all, I cannot stack gift bags. Wrapped presents can be stacked under the tree. Second, it takes just a few seconds of anticipation longer to unwrap than unbag. Third, I get more mileage out of a roll of gift wrap than I do gift bags.
Gift bags are great, don't get me wrong, especially when something is not easily wrapped or no good boxes are available. Even if I just lumpy wrap you can at least hold it and guess. With a gift bag there is no shaking or handling. And it is too easy to peek!
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Post by auntkelly on Dec 3, 2020 1:46:51 GMT
I wrap all my Christmas presents and make bows for all of them. I always say it’s my one Martha Stewart like talent.
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Post by katlaw on Dec 3, 2020 1:48:02 GMT
I love pretty wrapped packages. I only use a gift bag for my DH's annual bottle of Scotch.
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Post by pjaye on Dec 3, 2020 1:52:15 GMT
Re-usable bags only, wrapping paper is such a waste.
For quite a few years a friend and I had one bag that went back and forth between us until it finally split and we couldn't use it anymore.
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Post by Merge on Dec 3, 2020 2:01:14 GMT
I always have great plans to wrap. But I get halfway through and get bored with it, and end up throwing everything that’s left on a gift bag.
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Post by femalebusiness on Dec 3, 2020 2:01:41 GMT
I love wrapping Christmas presents. I make great wide ribbon bows.
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Post by julie5 on Dec 3, 2020 2:05:47 GMT
My mom used to pay me to wrap gifts when I was a kid. I would use that money to buy gifts, usually for her. I LOVE to wrap. Ribbon and pretty paper. I love it all. But my kids do too so these last couple years I’ve been passing the torch to them. And it’s a great learning experience to let go of my control tendencies. Lol
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 3, 2020 2:24:24 GMT
I wrap gifts whenever possible, but I just wrap--no bows or ribbons. Usually I have to use a gift bag for the gift I do for my sisters because it's generally more than one thing.
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Post by KikiPea on Dec 3, 2020 2:30:14 GMT
Wrapping (but just paper...no bows) for Christmas, and mostly bags for birthdays.
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Post by glory77 on Dec 3, 2020 5:13:46 GMT
I love everything about Christmas, especially wrapping presents. I have a huge selection of gift wrap and ribbon. I LOVE beautifully wrapped presents.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Dec 3, 2020 5:18:17 GMT
I love to wrap presents. Especially in pretty, shiny paper.
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Post by greendragonlady on Dec 3, 2020 5:19:58 GMT
I LOVE to wrap! I was actually just talking to my mom about wrapping and talked about one I had wrapped for her several years ago. She said she still has the ribbon and "accessories" from the wrapping!
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Post by hutchfan on Dec 3, 2020 5:24:44 GMT
My husband is the wrapper in the family. I will wrap his gifts.
I do get them ready for him to wrap and the tags made.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 3, 2020 5:28:50 GMT
I definitely prefer wrapping gifts, but I don’t always. I probably wrap 98% of Christmas gifts. It kind of depends on who the gift is for and also the occasion. I generally bag any gifts for kid birthday parties because they tend to not have a lot of time to unwrap stuff and they also need a way to get the gift home if the party is held at a venue. Also, because most other people give my kid birthday gifts in gift bags, I end up with a huge pile of them that are in perfect shape to reuse.
I had to laugh about the recycled boxes to wrap stuff in. I will freely admit that I hoard shoe boxes and I have a big stash of them. The only way I won’t keep one is if it’s torn on the corner or missing a lid, etc. I’ve been reusing some of the same shoeboxes for at least 8-9 years. I have to be careful which boxes I use when I’m wrapping Santa gifts because my kid is old enough to be suspicious now!
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Post by caangel on Dec 3, 2020 5:43:10 GMT
I only buy for my immediate family. They all receive presents in cloth bags with ribbon draw strings. We're a no excess packaging family I'd love to do this but need to actually do it... For Christmas I like to wrap. I love being able to coordinate all the paper and have a beautiful set up (I hide other presents from others in the back). BUT I will sometimes put gifts to others in bags so I can get rid of them! And I will give my MIL back bags that she uses for us. I do save bags in general which means they are a mish mash of designs. I also do real ribbons and do save all of those year after year. Everyone knows there is a save bag and a trash bag on Christmas morning! For other gift giving occasions I like to use bags since they are going to others and leaving my house. I don't really own any regular wrapping paper. I just keep kraft wrapping paper on hand just in case. |
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Post by quinlove on Dec 3, 2020 6:03:58 GMT
I only buy for my immediate family. They all receive presents in cloth bags with ribbon draw strings. We're a no excess packaging family  About 15 years ago, my dd in laws came for Christmas with about 20 presents, each in a fabric bag. My daughter still uses those bags. It’s a lovely idea. I wrap each present and try to jazz up the bow with candy canes, etc. |
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Post by MalleyCat on Dec 3, 2020 6:23:15 GMT
We always wrap Christmas gifts. I love buying gift wrap and always buy too much!
For friend’s birthdays, we will usually use gift bags.
My first job when I was 16, was a Holiday gift wrapper at a department store. It was a fun job!😀
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Post by JoP on Dec 3, 2020 6:33:58 GMT
Wrapper here, but no bows or ribbons.
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Post by leannec on Dec 3, 2020 6:37:34 GMT
I'll be the oddball here and say that I dislike wrapping and use bags and tissue for every occasion ... I've been doing it for years so my family is used to it ... I have a large collection of bags that I reuse every year ... I'm lucky in that my cats leave the gifts alone when they are under the tree |
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