Getting in a tangle

I don't dislike wrapping presents but every year the big bear are lights.

I checked ALL the outside strings of lights were working OK. , Hubby duely / duly got the ladder out and fixed them to the guttering etc. Great we thought. Ha!

You could have heard him swearing a mile away when one string 1/2 were working, another string 3 bulbs were out.

Every year he declares 'This is the last b----y time I'm doing this'. ?? ?

Made the mistake of buying a cheap roll of tape while I was in the local post office/small shop. Ohh I thought a bargain for £1! NOT.....

I’m minding a friend’s kitten for two weeks while she convalescences from an knee replacement. Puddifur ha been a real help - NOT!

I HATE wrapping up presents - I HATE sellotape.

My DH does the wrapping. He is a perfectionist so each parcel is beautiful. I bung on the ribbons and bows. He even makes boxes to disguise awkward things. Takes ages but well worth the wait

Following an insensitive remark one Christmas, along the lines of 'how hard can it be?' The Wonderful Man was given the pleasure of showing me how easy it actually is the following year. Of course when it got to mid December and, having made no preparations whatsoever, he went into panic mode, he discovered exactly how hard it is! Peace has reigned since then and he now appreciates just what is entailed in making Christmas look easy.

Are all men like that? I'm not married so am used to doing everything, but my friend's hubby is exactly as you have described, Lg.

Christmas is marvellous for men isn’t it?
We women wrap all the presents and write all the cards, we probably do most if not all the buying of the presents.
After all that is done, we think about what food and drinks we need to get in for Christmas, and invite family.
What do men do? Pop out to the shops a few days before Christmas to buy us a present and a card, then settle back to enjoy Christmas.Alright for some!

I've never been good at wrapping, but the job always seems to fall to me. I don't mind admitting that I haven't an artistic bone in my body! I dread the day DH says "you'd better wrap the presents". I've asked him to do it as he's better at it than me, but he always declines.?

My husband always did the present wrapping and enjoyed it. I hate doing it and am very messy - it's one of the worst tasks I've had to take on being widowed.

This is the second year I've used specialised bags which have ribbon ties through them - stick the present in, pull the ribbon and put a label on it. The presents I've had to use paper on have all been in boxes which are easy to wrap. Still hate doing them though!

Every year I tell myself that, the following year, I must only buy gifts that are rectangular or cube shaped. Every year I forget and end up like the rest of you, fighting with shapes that just will not co-operate with the wrapping process!

Eglantine Greyduster


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I've been collecting little bits and pieces all year for my DS and his GF in New Zealand. Carefully wrapped each piece in tissue and wrapping paper. Packed all tightly in a box, wrapped box in a double layer of brown paper, secured with several metres of parcel tape and addressed. Took it off down to the PO. It was 12 grams over 2kg meaning that the postage price jumps from £20 to £60!! Brought it home, fought my way into it, removed one of the small gifts, re-wrapped box and finally got it sent off! Need a lie down...

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I have found wrapping so much easier since purchasing a hand sticky tape dispenser and a paper cutter. I wouldn't be without them.
This year for adult presents I am using heavy duty brown paper decorated with snowflake stickers bought by the sheet from Lidl. If I say so myself they look good!

Where does the queue form!!

How much?

I save boxes in the run up to Christmas, anything from a cereal box to a multi pack crisp box depending on what I need to wrap. It's much easier to put an awkward shape in a box to wrap. Using rolls of decent quality paper and a tape dispenser I find help.

I'm good at present wrapping, even if I do say so myself. Perhaps I should hire myself out

Musing not amusing

Ha! Have paper and presents strewed all over the living room and was just amusing on the ironies of life and wondering whether to post.
Yesterday I was fretting about the hospital appointment. Today I am fretting because my sisters present won't wrap neatly

I was just thinking this!! I’ve just wrapped presents to go in 3 large parcels.
My tip to help, is to use the biggest scissors, sticky tape roll and pen that you have. That way they are less likely to ‘ hide’
under the detritus!

Me too lemongrove. All my parcels look like they were wrapped by a 3 year old.