Do you open gifts slowly or tear into them?

well it depends.... if i want to play silly i will open it slowly and make all my friends winning lol.

I open my presents very slowly~! It kills the audience! Hahaha.. They hate it when I do that, because they're the ones who can't wait to see what's inside. I do it more to 'torture' them rather than for myself. Actually I'm one of those people that keep the wrapping paper, that's why I open up my present carefully.. :P Nice discussion btw~!

I usually open gifts real slow. lol Sometimes I even preserve the wrappings. I am silly, am I not? :P

It depends on the place and the person. If the person who gifted it is dear to me i tear it slowly and i even preserve the wrapper. If the person who gifted is beside when i open the gift, i open it slowly and vice versa when both the situations are the other way round.

It really depends. If it's pretty paper I will open it carefully because I could always use to for scraps or something in photo albums... but if it's really lame wrapper paper or if I don't need any of if I'm REALLY EXCITED, I RIP IT OPEN LIKE THERE IS NOOOO TOMORROW! :)

Like an animal Muhahahaha :)

Oh, I am just a big kid at heart:-) I always wait until the appropriate day and have my first cup of tea then I sit down and read the card that is with the gift, and then I very carefully unwrap the gift. The paper from gifts from very special people and all the gift cards are kept. Yes, yes, I do have a lot of them from down the years, but then not many people have cards their Gran wrote to them when they were a small child either, so hoarding has its pay off there. Other paper is carefully opened and folded to be reused later (frugal living!) Any packaging from the gift itself, such as bubble wrap etc is also put to one side for reusing. Then, finally, I get to examine, smell, taste or wear my gift! After all that I have another cup of tea and then either pick up the phone to thank the giver or write a thank you card.

I will first look for the opening where I can just remove the wrapper easily. Even though I do not preserve nor recycle the wrapper, I will still try to maintain the wrapper in one piece. I used the wrapper to wrap back the present. However, if the giver decide to give me a hard time opening the gift, I will just rip it open, no matter how nice the wrapper may be.

I dont know how I open gifts I guess if I had to guess it would be slow because thats the whole fun part of getting gifts at least to me it is its opening them and being shocked of what you got and if you open it to fast some gifts you might actually ruin I know ive seen it happen before with my sister lol.

I usually open my presents quickly, but if I really like the wrapping paper, I might go more slowly so I can save more of it. :)

I like mine to be carefully opened...That depends on the presentation of the gift..LOL! Yes, honestly I like it slow and careful tearing. It gives me thrill. ;)

If I see that a gift is wrapped with love, thought and care, I'll open it slowly to appreciate the person who wrapped it because I wouldn't want to destroy the person's artwork! I constantly think of ways to present gifts beautifully and creatively, so I respect gift wrapping. If it's hasty, rushed wrapping I'll still open it carefully but quickly just in case the gift is fragile.

I like to open them slowly.... While slowly guessing what's inside as the covers are taken off little by little....

I tear into my gifts!!! Because our elders have superstition that if you tear into them you'll get more presents to come. Besides, tearing into them is more exciting than slowly opening them, it gives me the high of knowing what's inside.

.. they say its a lucky gestures when you open the gift with this tear there and tear here way! :)I love ribbons so my way is taking the ribbons out first and I don't care opf the wrapper at all.. :) ( I collect the gift tags too. )

i used to open it slowly and keep the wraper! hahahahahah.... for remembering purpuses, dpecially if the wraper's nice, and the giver meant something really special to me, but lately, i just enjoyed tearing it! ! hahahahah..

i tend to open them slowly without tearing them and even keeping the tape in tact. I don't know why but I guess I just try to enjoy the moment more rather than trying to save the paper, after all, it is not often that I do get presents, so when I do, I must savor the moment.

i tear the cover of the presents and dont take any care about the wrapper, coz they say that if you receive a gift open it and tear the wrapper so that there are so many gifts you might receive after that one..if that's true...

I like to open my gifts slowly. I guess I am one of those who carefully open their presents, anticipating and take the time to unravel the gifts they received. I believed its part of the excitement. :-)

The presents I get are'nt normally wrapped, but when they are I tend to rip into them like an animal. I know some people like to save wrapping paper, but not me. I just want to get the prestent.