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This is so funny and so true, at least as far as my husband is concerned. He will either have a gift wrapped (even for a charge) or put the gift in a gift bag, with no tissue paper. He will often leave the price on the gift. He has wrapped gifts in newspaper and grocery sacks, whatever he can find. He is a non-gift wrapping man, to be sure. My gift wrapping skills are tolerable, though I don't enjoy it as some do.

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For me, it is all about timing. I spend a lot of time choosing the "right" gift and hope to have time to wrap it properly. That hope has usually ended up in some unique wrapping efforts. One year, I wrapped things in used computer paper (old tractor feed print outs that had the green and white bands). One year, it was the finest grocery sacks (actually cut and used as paper, not just a sack). One year, it was packing paper that I wrapped and drew pictures on the outside (oh, and I am not a gifted artist). I know I take the phrase "it is the thought that counts", way too far. However, I do spend a lot of time getting just the right gift for people.

Now, I have to disagree with the men can't wrap theme. While I am a horrible example, I do believe that wrapping is a gene that is in the Japanese people. They wrap gifts wonderfully and it doesn't matter if the person doing it has a blouse or a shirt, the gift looks great. It just isn't in the department stores either, as all my employees were great at wrapping gifts (male and female). I was actually told that this was taught to them in school.

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That's funny! Well, if it's the thought that counts, I'll bet you fared very well with the recipient of your gift. I believe it's a matter of how much time one is willing to spend on wrapping a gift, that makes all the difference.

I've just spent an enormous amount of time making cups of candy look like elegant presents, but at a sacrifice. Now I have no more time for the forum.

Edited: Valla on 21st Dec, 2006 - 11:23pm

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I'll support the statement. If the store doesn't wrap the gift for me, I typically have my sister wrap it. Then again there are always gift bags.

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I've never been much for wrapping. Several years ago my wife made me a bunch of reusable decorative cloth bags with drawstrings in various shapes and sizes so I could just drop the presents into bags and cinch them closed. This year I was feeling a little guilty about it and shocked my wife by actually wrapping each and every present in paper for a change. Of course I still couldn't be bothered with ribbons or bows and skipped name tags in favor of just writing on the paper with a black sharpie.

Edited: svella on 24th Dec, 2006 - 4:31am