I enjoy it and can do mass quantities, provided they’re not presents *from *me. I suppose that has something to do with pressure of it looking good, getting it done on time or whatever. When I was young my father would give every woman in his office a gift - usually a bottle of perfume - and my mother taught me how to wrap when I was about six or so in order to help her; fun! I’ve volunteered many times to wrap gifts for charity;fun *and *rewarding. But when it comes to wrapping a gift I’m giving, by that point I’ve put it off until the last minute and there are a ton of things I’d rather / need to do.
Yes, and I’m gay (I suspect this is relevant, for those of you who buy into all the stereotypes).
I sure wish Ron Popeil would invent a spray-on wrapping. It could come in any color, with sparkles even, and you’d just spray the box, it would dry immediately, could be peeled off and you’d be done with everything in a matter of minutes.
I used to get stuck with wrapping everyone’s presents, so I pretty much hate it still.
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I’d enjoy it if I didn’t suck at it so badly. In our household, Mr. Horseshoe - architect and Lord of All Precision - gets to do all the giftwrapping, except for his own presents of course. Although last night, I almost got him to wrap one of his own gifts after I double-boxed it, but felt kinda bad about it and did it myself, with predictably semi-shitty results.
I think my family got how I felt about wrapping presents when I used duct tape to seal the ends of the presents.
It’s one of my favourite parts of Christmas. I love thinking about which paper to use for whom and how to do up the ribbon and/or bow. The cutting and tying and froufing!
Though the first step for me is to make sure everything is in a square box. Just makes it easier not to wrap something oddly shaped.
I hate doing it, and I suck at it, which makes me hate it all the more.
Gift bags rule, though I don’t usually buy them cause it’s like $1 for a thing of wrapping paper, and one tube is more than enough…in fact, I seem to buy a new tube every year, even though I don’t use all of the one from last year, yet I can never find the one from last year. What is happening to my wrapping paper?!
I hate wrapping and wish I didn’t have to do it. But there is that nice sense of satisfaction over a neatly wrapped box that came out just right. The same feeling as having a big stack of sealed envelopes ready to go in the mail.
This year I do like wrapping. I also have two impossible to wrap until I find the right boxes presents. Stupid clam shell packaging with only a flat back.
I like wrapping gifts. I don’t like having to buy wrapping paper or cut it into properly-sized sheets, but the rest of it I like. The only time I wish I had a workbench is the day that I wrap presents. 
Here’s my trick for oddly-shaped gifts: cut a sheet of wrapping paper that is way longer than necessary (a few extra inches on each end). Roll the gift up in it and tape the middle, then tie off the ends with lots of ribbon. You wind up with something resembling a Christmas cracker.
I Love wrapping presents!! I have a lot of fun especially during the xmas season because i get to wrap all the presents except the ones for myself anyways. But that’s the few my sister does because she isn’t a fan of wrapping presents either!!
This exactly. In fact, I commented yesterday that I obviously didn’t get the gift-wrapping gene. My father can create a beautifully wrapped gift in a few minutes. Me? If I’m lucky it won’t look like a child wrapped it.
Sometimes i use newspaper, band-aids, spray-paint and cast-off socks to wrap my presents to acheive just that effect!
I love wrapping gifts and I’d really taking a wrapping class. My boyfriend is the type to wrap a gift by folding a plastic grocery bag around it. If he’s feeling particularly creative, he’ll use a CVS bag because they’re opaque and mostly white. He goes so far as to be annoyed when I use wrapping paper or a gift bag for birthday presents. I don’t understand how someone can give a gift to a kid and wrap it in a shopping bag.
I’m very good at it too, but still don’t enjoy it. I like looking at the packages once they’re wrapped so nicely, but actually doing it? Nope.
God created gift bags for a reason. But usually I just give gift cards inside of Christmas cards, anyway. Not a lot to look at, but I don’t care. It’s the money that counts, right?
Frog willing, I will never wrap another present again.
Usually, it’s just a bit of a chore. I really hate having to do it on the floor.
If the mood strikes me, and I can find the materials, I’ll clear off the sewing room worktable and go at it. My sneaky angle is to use a bone folder for really crisp edges, and 100% coverage with double-faced tape butted right up to the edges of all flaps and seams so there is no visible tape at all, and no loose spots to start tearing at.
I hate it. I always try to stick it in a bag and tie a ribbon around the handles, if at all possible, or just get a decorative box and slap a bow on it. I am terrible at wrapping.