All Wrapped Up & Ready for Christmas
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
December 23, 2016 10:01am CST
It took some doing over two days, but the presents for my missus are all wrapped and ready to go under the tree. My sons and I have learned to make sure the number of presents for my missus outnumber the presents the rest of us receive. We do this because, one year, she received one big and very expensive present she'd asked for, and a few other small things, and then had to sit and watch us open the rest of our presents.
Don't get me wrong, she didn't pout or complain, but the boys and I felt bad that she didn't have more gifts to open so we pledged to make sure she would always have the most presents to open from that year forward.
For me, the fun of Christmas morning is watching my missus and my boys open their presents. I do appreciate the gifts I receive, and the thought spent in choosing them, but I'd much rather give than receive.
Have you wrapped your Christmas gifts yet?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Dec 16
wrapped and under the tree weeks ago. We don't buy a lot of gifts for each other - we buy what we want all through the year so it's hard to even come up with ideas of what to buy. Merry Christmas!
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
23 Dec 16
Along about August, when I mention I want to buy something, my missus starts in with "Why don't you wait and see if someone gets it for you for Christmas?" I tell her I don't want to wait, and she gets upset with me. Then, come Christmas, she's forgotten, I don't get it, and wind up going out to buy it for myself anyway.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Dec 16
@DWDavis We all have our ways of doing things. I used to buy presents during the year but then I thought - what if that person isn't around by Christmas, so I stopped doing that.
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@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
23 Dec 16
I did all my wrapping last night. My husband is usually the one sitting and watching. I actually spent more on him this year than usual. I can never think of what to get him but I got the idea of getting a power washer. He will get much use of that when he needs to clean the pool tarp, for one. I also got him two new smoke detectors. The ones we have are really old and he won't buy new ones. He is one of those people who think they are invincible, ie. "it won't happen to me". Because we all got new phones this year the girls are only getting of few small gifts.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
23 Dec 16
I haven't even gotten the gifts yet, except a few! Then I have to still wrap them all. It's been the most last minute year yet for us. Packing took up most of our month-and now that things changed we are rushing to get everything done for Christmas! Ugh, such is life sometimes.
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@averygirl72 (38847)
• Philippines
24 Dec 16
Wonderful gift giving tradition. My sister wrapped most of our gifts to give this season
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
23 Dec 16
My wife gives me a comprehensive list of what she wants, but I always throw in a thing or two she's not expecting. This year I was no help at all in helping her shop for me as the only things I would really like that I don't have are a new pickup truck ($$$$$$) and a telephoto lens for my camera ($$$$). Neither of them is practical as a Christmas gift.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
24 Dec 16
Mine is slightly different. Each year there is a party for the poor kids that I spend for and their happiness is the biggest gift I receive. This time it was for the mentally challenged.
@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 Dec 16
I still have a few to wrap. I do hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas morning unwrapping your gifts :)
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Dec 16
I always love watching people opening presents and I love buying presents. I know what you mean about needing to make sure everyone has (slightly) similar numbers of presents to open.
@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
23 Dec 16
This sounds so good..
Opening the presents is always so much fun at all ages
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