The burning question this Christmas

So many people doing so many things for Christmas. I am afraid I am just too busy having to work and then do family things. My answer is wrapping paper £1 a roll from B&M and the gift tags are what I have left over from the £1 pack I got last year. That should manage to wrap all the presents based on my experience from previous years. Christmas cards are also the remainder of those I got last year. Sorry I am so boring and not very eco friendly but both of those things cost time and money in my experience.

We would iron the paper if necessary - did anyone else do this?

Yes, but I grew up in a house with a loft and a big shed and things COULD be stored and saved and repaired. Even friends in social housing had ample storage and repair space back then.

Its not so easy these days, most homes dont have the space to keep and repair everything. Its not a matter of people being less willing, just less logistically able!

Great idea to only give presents to the kids, although....isn't that what Santa/Father Christmas is supposed to do? Growing up in The Netherlands, I only got presents from St. Nicholas on December 5th....presents from my parents; not from grand-parents, so why do we even give our grandkids presents for Christmas? Isn't that what birthdays are for?

When my kids were small, they only got presents from Santa (paid for by us parents) on Christmas Day, and on the four Advent Sundays leading up to it, they would get a small gift from us as the parents.

Now that we have grandkids, I have given them gifts for Christmas, but they do not need them, with all the many they get from Santa, and from their parents, and grand-parents! In my grandson's case, he gets presents from the grand-parents, plus now also his step-grandparents!

This year, I have one gift for each of the grandkids for Christmas Eve; second hand!!! I actually have given them secondhand Playmobil toys bought on Ebay last year. They do not care

As for wrapping....you could consider making a cloth gift bag that can be reused every year. You could even tie a pillow case with the gift (s) in it.

Due to having widespread family, I've ended up this year with a drawer full of Amazon fabric gift bags. They're not particularly Christmassy and probably my family will moan, but I'm thinking of re-using them to wrap things, especially those awkward shapes, this year.

I thought I could finish them off with Christmassy ribbons, which would make them look more festive. I'm pretty sure I have reels of pretty ribbon I bought in America in the attic. If I do, it'll be a cheap and easy wrapping year for me!