Wrapping or not wrapping?

@dfollin (25351)
United States
November 22, 2008 11:13am CST
My mother and I both have never wrapped presents for the kids that were from Santa.But,we wrapped the ones from ourselves.What ritual do you do?
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I wrap everything. One year everyone got their presents in plastic grocery bags. I was in an accident, had surgery, was in a cast and only had use of one arm. The tree was naked too, Thas was all fine with all of us.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
25 Dec 08
Iam sorry about your arm.How did you do that? When is going to be healed?
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
25 Dec 08
I am good now. I was in a car accident a few years ago, My wrist was dislocated, all the ligaments were torn. It was bad, things are good now. Its healed, I don't have as much movement as I used to, but it is good.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
22 Nov 08
i never wrapped the gifts from santa when my sons were little. i just set santa's presents out but wrapped what was from me.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
25 Dec 08
I did that as well as my mom did too.
• United States
22 Nov 08
When I was a kid my mom hardly ever wrapped any of the gifts that were from santa. I think she decided to wrap a few of the more special gifts but that was about it. She always wrapped the gifts from herself and the family however, well the ones that could be wrapped at least.
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@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I used to wrap all of the gifts for my son. The gifts that were from the family and myself had name tags on them and was put under the tree when I put the tree up. The gifts that were from Santa were wrapped but did not have a name tag on them. My parents usually held on to them, and on Christmas eve, when my son had gone to sleep, they would come over with the gifts so that I could put them under the tree and my son would see the additional gifts in the morning when he got up.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I wrap everything even the dog's gifts lol The youngest enjoys opening the dog's toys and tells the dog, "Trucker these are from Santa" lol I usually even wrap the stuff in the stockings as well.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
25 Dec 08
I wrap the stuff for the dog.It is fun to watch him rip it open.Lol! Never wrap the stuff in the stockings thou.
@BinaryKat (735)
• United States
22 Nov 08
When I was growing up, my mom and dad would keep the big things unwrapped and smaller stuff wrapped. The unwrapped stuff was an indicator that we could play with those things until they woke up to unwrap everything else. I think this year, I am going to wrap gifts that I get for my family just to see the look on their faces lol. I usually get things I know they would appreciate.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
25 Dec 08
We always had to wake my mom up first before we could even go into the living room.That is a great idea your parents had thou.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I have always wrapped everything. I love to see the gifts wrapped and put around the tree. It is too hard to hide them for me, unwrapped.
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I wrap everything. with the presents that come from santa I usually wrap them in a different style of wrapping paper so that they stand out as something different. I try to get wrapping paper that has santa on it so they know who it is from.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
22 Nov 08
All of my kids toys have always been wrapped. The ones from Santa were wrapped in different paper than the other presents though, so that they could tell the difference.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I have heard of that. I think that all the presents from santa were wrapped in different wrapping paper when I was growing up. If it was a big thing though, of course it wasn't wrapped. I'm not sure what my fiance and I will do, but as much wrapping paper as my mother in law has, I think we'd probably just do the same as she. When they moved in to this house, there was a big roll of wrapping paper, she uses that for the adults, and for the kids she babysits she uses a different wrapping paper. We'd probably do the same.
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• United States
22 Nov 08
I wrap the presents from Santa but in a different wrapping paper from any of the present from me.
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