The Wrapping Game is ON!
By Kareng
@kareng (80243)
United States
December 23, 2019 8:03pm CST
Did you think a new game show was on television? Haha, nope I'm talking about the Christmas wrapping game! I have already told hubby he is playing along (helping) and he wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea.
Oh well! It has to be done and I need it done tonight so I can take care of what I didn't get or forgot to get tomorrow. We will have to make some hot chocolate and just make the best of it. I don't mind wrapping but I need some conversation too.
Have you gotten all of your gifts wrapped or do you wait until the last minute like I do?
Photo Credit: Pixabay, public domain
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 Dec 19
No wrapping this year, just pies to people
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Dec 19
All wrapped and ready to go. Okay, so that's not strictly true. There are two gifts that I will not wrap in the traditional sense. I never do, and they do not mind that I never do.
I've already exchanged with a few people.
I am hoping your wrapping goes by swiftly. Hopefully with two people working at it, it will go faster. Just make sure your keeping a record of who you've wrapped for and who you haven't so that you know who and what to buy for tomorrow.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Dec 19
@kareng I don't shop for a lot of people so I don't have to worry about it as much. I don't see how people that shop for lots of people do it.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
24 Dec 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Me either! Would be exhausting, not to mention expensive.
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@wolfgirl569 (135819)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Dec 19
I am done except maybe wrapping the stocking tomorrow.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
24 Dec 19
I still have to go get a gift for my mom and hubby said to pick up another small gift for the three boys in Lafayette. They have one big gift together and he wants them each to have something so, I get to go shopping! Fun, not so fun because it will be crowded.
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@wolfgirl569 (135819)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Dec 19
@kareng Are you going tonight? If someplace is open all night that might be a better time to go.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
24 Dec 19
@wolfgirl569 Nope, he immediately said, "You are not going anywhere tonight." Mr Law Enforcement think I shouldn't go anywhere after dark. Hummm.
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@sallypup (69183)
• Centralia, Washington
24 Dec 19
I think I got some folks a tad angry here when I told the truth about my house: the Christmas boxes that come in, get dumped on the guest bed. No wrapping. Christmas morning, those boxes will come out of hiding and we'll open and laugh or cry.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
24 Dec 19
It's really silly. You buy paper. Here I am wrapping gifts which will be opened in two days and the paper thrown in the trash. So you are buying paper to wrap with that will go in the trash in just a few days. That's sad and could be seen as irresponsible.
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@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
24 Dec 19
We don't have any gifts to wrap; but when I did I always did them ahead of time. I love to wrap gifts for someone else.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
26 Dec 19
I used to really enjoy wrapping. I think that fell into the time warp here. The oldest is divorced and her new hubby is also divorced with children so the kids are always swapping from one house to the other. Add in everyone's work schedules and you get a big mess. We didn't all get together this year for the first time. The oldest and her family are still trying to get moved into another house. I was checking with her today thinking all the boys would be home next weekend but they won't. I don't know when we will see them.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
2 Jan 20
@LindaOHio We are on for this coming Saturday so not too bad! It will save some excitement for another day!
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@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
26 Dec 19
@kareng I'm sorry to hear that the whole family couldn't be together.
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@AmbiePam (120874)
• United States
24 Dec 19
I thought you might have been talking about the competition reality show that aired this month called, Wrap Battle. A whole bunch of wrappers compete for $50,000.
Wrapping gifts used to be a chore, but I like it better now. In fact, the show I just mentioned inspired to make the presents even more elaborate than normal.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
24 Dec 19
I used to love wrapping and worked part time in gift wrap in high school. The supervisor was like a drill Seargent and made you start over if you did something wrong. She was very strict and we laughed when someone had to start over.
I'm glad you enjoyed wrapping this year. I have not watched that show, but it sounds interesting! Merry Christmas!
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Dec 19
No gifts to wrap here. Two good friends from NYC sent me two gifts so I have something to open up on Christmas Eve
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
24 Dec 19
I wrap gifts as I buy them. Being a girly girl, I've always been surprised that I really don't wrap gifts very well.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
24 Dec 19
I can remember when wrapping was fun and a big deal. Now I don't have time to do it. Wrapping as you get them would be a problem for me because I would forget what I bought xyz. Do you keep a notebook? I've done that before. I usually pick things up throughout the year and store in one place in the closet or a big box. It does make things simpler whenever you need a fast gift during the year and cuts down on the list at Christmas.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Dec 19
Did you enjoy playing the unwrapping game as well? lol
With 2 kids in the house, I have to wrap gifts as soon as I get them, otherwise curious eyes will start to look for things they shouldn't see until the big day!
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
2 Jan 20
Oh yeah the unwrapping and watching them get into them is fun. I see your point there with kids in the house. One of my daughters had `3 mo. old that discovered unwrapping early. She had to put all the gifts in the closet! Then he started playing in the water in tree stand. This is my little climber that I posted about not long ago. He's always in to something!
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Jan 20
@kareng Hey, don't knock the tree stand water until you've tried it! It's like drinking out of the toilet bowl, but the water is balsam flavored! lol
