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Does anybody really like wrapping Christmas prezzies
I hate doing it

the very worst job at Christmas :-( :-( :-(

Love it, especially when my children were young.

I spent seven years of wrapping dozens of cheapish toiletry sets and candles for Fred's grotto for his carers.

This year I only have a couple to wrap.

It's not the same at all.

I leave it all to Beloved.

He wraps pressies up a treat. Tight corners and concealed seams.

:-D :-D

I think I'm going to enjoy it Joy ,but once I get going after just a couple of prezzies I have had enough,with wrinkled wrapping paper and sellotape getting stuck to everything other than the prezzies :-S :-S.Then I run out of gift tags and can't manage to tie a pretty ribbon.....It is then time for a very large glass of something :-D :-D
So it all begins again tomorrow ....I have a bottle chilling already :-D :-D

I'm hopeless at gift wrapping :-(

mine end up looking like the dog wrapped them :-D

Tec :-)

I gave up 'wrapping ' them years ago and instead make bags out of the gift paper - it's easier but still a chore, probably because I leave it all to the last minute so have to keep on going until it's done. :-(

I don't enjoy doing it.........

ever since I was roped in to wrap pressies for the children's Christmas party where I used to work............. and be Santa's helper.

:-(

I like doing the kiddiewinkles ones they are all usually boxed and easy to do...Idont bother with bows on them now like I used to :-D :-D

I really hate doing I
t I always buy my wrapping paper in the January sales
we got 20 big rolls for 18p each

don't see the point when it all gets burnt Christmas morning :-( :-(

NOPE HATE IT

This last three christmases though have done lots of online purchases for pressies as not able to get out much now and the local shopping mall has little shops that i want

Done some again this year from Amazon that I like and have kept the boxes/packaging to reuse .

Said to hubby earlier must start to wrap the pressies but will be putting all the pressies for each person in one box rather than wrap individually.

Our 3 eldest grt granddaughters will get a card with £25 in so they can buy what they want. I dont know their likes etc so best they get what they want rather than me waste money .

This year we will be going to our daughter and SIL and his parents will be there too as its their turn to have his son for xmas.

I hate more than the wrapping the what do I get each person puzzle

At least though the family recognise I cant do the family Christmas that I used to do and we are told!!! you and grandad are coming to us

Its lovely to have that family love around us especially as hubby soldiers on through his health problems :-)

My OH is really good at wrapping, and is very economical with the paper. I just pass the sellotape and write the labels :-D :-D

I quite enjoy wrapping the pressies, but why do I always lose the scissors and sellotape while I'm doing it? They just seem to disappear :-P

Whilst I'm here, I ordered a set of different rattles online for my 3 month old granddaughter, which arrived to-day. Very pretty with pics of little smiling babies on the box. On the side of the box it says in black letters 'WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for Children Under 3 Years'. I ask you? :-S

I did try to give them all money
but NOPE they all wanted the prezzies instead :-( :-(

My hubby ,bless him ,has always bought me and our daughter his own pressie from him.

Even though he now has alzheimer's he said what do you want. I fancy a new pair of earrings so said do you want me to look at them and decide what |I would like and get em !!

NOPE he was OK with ok with me picking em but he wanted to get them

We went to the local Shopping Mall yesterday and I showed him the ones I fancied and he bought them and paid to have them gift wrapped

I really appreciate his input whilst he still can do this as its in the background how long will he still be him
:-( :-( :-( :-(

I used to love wrapping presents, but now they have to be posted usually it isn't feasible to do all the ribbons and bows.

I dont mind,,,,,but an easy solution I find is,,,,,,using crepe paper its so pliable and great for odd shaped gifts,,,,,,,plus it holds in place while you stick it and a bit more unusual then the norm of soppy christmas paper,,,,,,,I buy loads through the year

,,,,,,,,for basic paper I use a prit stick just to hold it in place then easy peasy two free hands, then tape it.

I was tempted to

cut the paper and sew it up in zig zag on my sewing machine :-D :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D..........

Well, i enjoy it! Today at school i supervised and showed a small group of girls how to wrap 60 gifts for santa and the party tomorrow and then prizes for the games. Most had never wrapped a gift and most were 10-12 yrs old...But they soon got the hang of it.

As long as i have all the things i need before i start, plenty of tags, sellotape etc and a glass of something fizzy and some nibblies, then i will happily sit and wrap away.

last nite I finally finished all the presents for school and collegues and it was after 1am before i got to bed!

my reward for 2 late nights, sat in front of Tv all eve and chilled. Great feeling when it all gets done.

We finish on friday and then the fun begins.

i also made gift bags with the children this week using wallpaper samples. They looked great and only took 10 mins to make and cost pennies. has anyone else done this?

My family have only sent money or vouchers this year to cut down on postage. So under the tree there are no gifts at present just cards....looks so bare compared to previous years. But of course mummy will rectify that with a few extras!

happy wrapping
Florence
in the hebrides :-D