Who gets the gift with the prettiest bow?

Tweet

Presents all wrapped up with nice, shiny bows. So, who gets the purtiest gift of all? As a young teen, my mother taught me how to wrap Christmas presents. The presents for old family friends would have the most perfect wrapping paper, and the prettiest ribbons and bows. Of course, there was no slacking on family gifts either. They would be adorned with lots of curly gross-grained ribbon. Family gifts would have the curly-cue kind of ribbon because it was much less expensive than the big, shiny store bought bows. Oh how I remember sliding the blade of the scissors over gross-grained ribbon until my fingers ached. I guess those long hours of wrapping instruction must have stuck with me, 'cause I still like to wrap the gifts with all manner of shiny ribbons and bows. I also tend to tape little candy canes, or Hershey's kisses on to the outside of the paper -- just near the gift tag, for that special fa, la, la, la, la. What about you? Do you put your best wrapping foot forward for family, friends, maybe your boss or Mother-in-law? Or do you skip bows altogether? Do you make curly-cue ribbons, or store bought? Or maybe everything goes into gift bags? So, how do you wrap your gifts? All out, or do you struggle just to get some paper on the box? Do tell, what makes your gift wrapping unique?