# I Just Can't Fucking Wrap Christmas Presents **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 24, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544 "2008-12-24T15:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544/61 "2008-12-25T23:14:26Z")
HA! Now my wrapping job looks just as good as anyone else’s. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544/62 "2008-12-26T02:51:15Z")
> [@](#): > > OTOH, I am taking dinner rolls to my sister’s house as my contribution to dinner and they will be jewel-like in their perfection of appearance, ambrosia-like in their perfection of taste. > > We all gots our talents. I am sure that your rolls will be properly appreciated. Our family does not consider a family feast complete without my sister’s dinner rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544/63 "2008-12-26T02:52:39Z")
My daughter came in and mocked my efforts at wrapping one year. This was the result. > **[OddPic.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=oddpic.com)** > > Secure the right domain name for your business or website today. Custom tailored payment plans available to fit any budget. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544/64 "2008-12-26T16:08:19Z")
DH is in charge of most of the wrapping, and to counter the frustration when I wrap his gifts, I’ve just made a game of it and as part of the gift, he’s allowed to mock my (lack of) wrapping skills. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544/65 "2008-12-26T17:08:59Z")
My mother wraps gifts beautifully. My sister wraps gifts beautifully. My wife wraps gifts beautifully. My mother says that my gifts are wrapped “with love” which is polite code for “look as though they’ve been wrapped by caffeine-driven lemurs”. This past Christmas, my wife was talking about how overwhelmed she was feeling with getting things ready for the holidays and asked me to wrap the presents. I was completely stunned by the request. I mean, I understand the division of labor concept and everything, but it was like asking your five year old “I’m really tired from cleaning the house so why don’t you go change the oil in the car?” I did it but it wasn’t pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544/66 "2008-12-26T21:01:19Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > 3M (the makers of Scotch tape) make little dispensers that pop out one perfect little rectangle of Scotch tape, Post-It fashion, at a time. They even make dispensers that go on your wrist so you always have them right there. > \ Do they, now? Tape, you have met your match. MUWAHAHAHAHA. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544/67 "2008-12-26T21:04:52Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Oh, my – is this why everyone is freaking out? Good heavens, let me emphasize – MAKE EVERYTHING RECTANGULAR or at the very limit, cylindrical. Trust me, dude, it won’t help. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-fucking-wrap-christmas-presents/478544.md?page=3)