starshine Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 Okay this kind of started in another tread but I thought it would be interesting to talk about. Do you wrap the day of BF? The days after or Christmas eve? I start wrapping after Thanksgiving when my son is in school I turn on Jerry Springer or Maury or something or that nature and spend a few hours every day wrapping. I also label the gift in code so I know what is in them. So I'm not giving the gameboy games before the game boy! I save all the empty roll for my son and after school we make swords or something.
buckwheat_jegc Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 Everything gets wrapped within 24 hours and tagged, to a) prevent my family members from seeing it and to prevent me from deciding to keep it for myself.
fairydustcrissy Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I usually wrap the week before Christmas. i want to be able to see the fruits of my labor :) Really, because no matter how many lists I have, I forget if I go so-and-so anything yet.
mrn8 Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 Usually I try to get it wrapped the day after. I mail some of the gifts that I get, so I want to get them out before the Christmas postal rush and so they can sit under a tree for a while. :) I get all of my wrapping paper during the post-Christmas clearance sales, so it's all ready and waiting for me.
Booterbunz Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I decided that after last year, that I shouldn't wrap my dd or hubby's gifts until shortly before. I forget what I buy for them! LOL But with everybody else, I wrap right away as it gets sent out of state within a couple of days of being purchased, so they have it under their tree in time for Christmas!
RossMAN Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I save all the empty roll for my son and after school we make swords or something. That is so much fun! Brings back fond memories of whacking my sister and friends upside their head
outnumbered Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 Brings back fond memories of whacking my sister and friends upside their head You can only imagine how much of that goes on here with my 3 kids. The "fun" lasts year-round as they fish paper towel rolls out of the trash to do it with too.
fairydustcrissy Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 You can only imagine how much of that goes on here with my 3 kids. The "fun" lasts year-round as they fish paper towel rolls out of the trash to do it with too. My kids too :) They also like to make telescopes out of TP rolls...
RossMAN Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 You can only imagine how much of that goes on here with my 3 kids. The "fun" lasts year-round as they fish paper towel rolls out of the trash to do it with too. Wow year-round "fun"? Do you ever get a moment of peace and quiet to yourself? Debbie says brb one of her kids is dunking the others head in the toilet. Nevermind that answers my question j/k
buckwheat_jegc Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I usually save one empty roll to roll up the leftover paper and put it inside the roll to keep it from getting damaged. Then I can pull out these small/oddsized pieces to use later, such as for a small gift box or item that is going into a stocking
brynnfromtheblock Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I wrap things for the people in my house that might be "found" if I don't wrap them.
Gator Pam Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Gifts are wrapped right away and set out on display until Hanukkah. One gift a night is given during the eight nights. The torture is going to be great to watch, as Hanukkah comes really late this year...
Tracy72 Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 I wrap my older dds and hubby and then they wrap every thing else....I hate to wrap gifts...love to buy them though...lol
Tracy72 Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 oh forgot....my 3 yr old even helps wrap hers I just tell her they are for her cousins...lol..what...she never remembers....hehehehe
lauralee Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 I try to wrap as soon as I get it, but usually wind up wrapping on Christmas eve.
elena_398 Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Its funny you should post this. Just yesterday I was bored. Husband the night before worked midnights so he was sleeping. Kids were in school. I decided to pull out the gifts I had already bought my daughter and start wrapping! (My husband never got around to putting the paper/tags/bows away in the shed last year so they were in a box in the second garage). All items I bought my daughter are wrapped, tagged, and put away. About 8 items so far. My son will be next time Im feeling "bored"!! I hope to stay on top of everything this year!
diane175 Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 That is so much fun! Brings back fond memories of whacking my sister and friends upside their head Are we related?? I sooooo tortured my sis too! My hubby and I have a tradition of wrapping all gifts Christmas eve after the kids have gone to bed. Of course every year we ask ourselves why we waited! But it has been that way since we married (13 years) so no since breaking tradition! (Plus, like booterbunz, I also forget what I buy! )
elena_398 Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 That is why I started to wrap now. 2 yrs ago, I started buying super early for christmas. I hid them in different places. Well I over bought as usual. (Norm for me). Anyway, the following year around my husband's birthday (april) we were cleaning out one of our hallway closests and what do I find but a whole bag of toys from Toys R Us that were supposed to be for my daughter! (Infant toys). Thankfully, my nieces were born so I kept them for that christmas. By wrapping now as soon as I get them and putting them in the appropriate contractor bag, I won't over buy (So much) and won't lose gifts!
diane175 Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 That is why I started to wrap now. 2 yrs ago, I started buying super early for christmas. I hid them in different places. Well I over bought as usual. (Norm for me). Anyway, the following year around my husband's birthday (april) we were cleaning out one of our hallway closests and what do I find but a whole bag of toys from Toys R Us that were supposed to be for my daughter! (Infant toys). Thankfully, my nieces were born so I kept them for that christmas. By wrapping now as soon as I get them and putting them in the appropriate contractor bag, I won't over buy (So much) and won't lose gifts! It is so funny you say that because there is STILL an Elvis book in a box in my closet SOMEWHERE that I got 2 years ago for my sis! LOL
AuntJamelle Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 I will wrap any gifts for DH as soon as I get home - that or just hide really, really well and wrap them ASAP. The majority of Thanksgiving weekends is spent decorating the house so I will probably put off wrapping my "haul" for a week. I just did my first round of wrapping this past weekend. I had a shopping bag FULL of books and DVDs, etc. and I wrapped them all! :) No bows or ribbon yet, I will put those on when Christmas gets closer, that way I can fit all the packages neatly back into the shopping bag and they won't get crushed. I keep all presents and two big Rubbermaid totes full of gift wrapping supplies in the spare room so its all there when I have a few minutes to grab it. I will wrap things in little spurts between now and Thanksgiving. Then I'll probably have a marathon session the second week of December.
starshine Posted October 12, 2005 Author Posted October 12, 2005 There is another subject do you really doll up your gifts for the family or just wrap it and call it good? I just wrap it for the kids I figure they don't care about wrapping. Packages for the family outside of my home I wrap a little nicer.
Tracy72 Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 no....we have so many gifts under out tree that they smashed...and with a 3 yr old you cant scatter them out to far into the floor...you know ...for the scooter and bike to run over...lol
hpowers Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 I wrap whenever there are no kids in the house, O.K. that's NEVER! I usually have to stay up late one night the week before Christmas and bring it down out of the attic and start wrapping.
Kandy Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 I make a list of what I purchased and for whom, then I wrap them in different colored paper for the kids and hide them. Nothing for the kids get to/from labels. Everyone else gifts are wrapped and tagged. ..Everything is wrapped that weekend if not on Black Friday.
ChristmasShopping Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 I wrap all my BF finds on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. My DH goes out with friends and I stay home and wrap!
JazzMama Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 After BF: I wrap the presents Friday night. The only exception is Cailyn's - I wait until Saturday night to do hers after she goes to bed.
geomacey Posted October 13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 I wrap usually in mid-December, when most of my buying is done and I know I won't be returning anything because I found one bigger/cheaper/better. I also wrap in code... everyone gets their own wrapping paper and the Santa gifts get special paper. The only tags I use are for friends/extended family who don't have their own paper. I was just upstairs in the gift closet today reorganizing and putting things in boxes to get ready for wrapping.
treasure60 Posted October 13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 I usually start wrapping right after Thanksgiving. I have to write down what I gave who or I will forget what I everyone! It is quite a chore just to wrap all the presents,,,I have about 30 people who I buy more than 1 gift for.
JenT1292 Posted October 13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 I pile everything into the spare bedroom as I buy. The week before Christmas, I set up a card table and spend every evening down there doing a little bit at a time.
elena_398 Posted October 13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 My hiding place is the the cabinets in the garage. My husband had a professional organizer come in and install all these white shelves all around our garages. Its great. I claimed the back cabinets for christmas goodies and ebay stuff when I do sell!
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