# WTH Walmart? You can't sell good wrapping paper anymore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782 "2023-12-18T17:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/21 "2023-12-19T02:49:48Z")
I would guess Aldi wrapping paper would be so thin that it’s not entirely opaque. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/22 "2023-12-19T03:30:41Z")
I’m pretty sure all Christmas wrapping paper was thicker in 1967. Remember that satisfying feeling and sound as we tore into our presents at 7AM Christmas morning? All the kids in PJ’s and mom and dad in robes. Later, the colorful paper flared up so nicely in the fireplace. I don’t hear that paper tear the same way now. Kids shred the paper on Christmas presents because it’s like tissue. Or they open the drawstring on a gift bag. I know wrapping paper was wasteful in 1967. But I loved that Christmas paper. I loved wrapping gifts too. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/23 "2023-12-19T03:47:19Z")
If you want good, thick, nice-looking Hallmark wrapping paper, go to an actual Hallmark store (if you have one near you). That’s the only place I go to buy wrapping paper now; stuff sold anywhere else is likely to be tissue-thin, and tear the moment it gets folded against a corner of a box. Most of the Hallmark paper also has one-inch grids printed on the backside, which is very handy for cutting straight lines on the paper, and centering a box on the paper. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/24 "2023-12-19T04:04:44Z")
Yes, agree. I love the grid. I’m kinda nit-picky about cutting paper. I like papers alot. It makes me happy to have it. So I’m careful when I use it. My girls say there’s gonna be one giant bonfire when I kick the bucket because of my paper stash. I like to tell them the next day they’ll need to wrap a gift and there will be no papers in my cubby hole. (Actual closet in my art room) Then they’ll be sorry. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/25 "2023-12-19T04:35:20Z")
That gift wrap at the Hallmark store is expensive though. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/26 "2023-12-19T04:37:47Z")
Relatively speaking, yes, it is. But, for me, a roll of wrapping paper that might cost $8 or so, but is far less annoying to use than the crappy $3 paper from Walmart, is worth it, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/27 "2023-12-19T04:43:14Z")
Or you have to double it. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/28 "2023-12-19T06:15:06Z")
Does no one know a kid in band? It’s too late for this year, but schools still sell gift wrap as a fundraiser (usually in a catalogue with other trifles). If you don’t know any schoolchildren, you could try calling a neighborhood school next September to ask. Nowadays, you can even buy online. The paper, although overpriced, is the good thick kind. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/29 "2023-12-19T06:52:11Z")
Oh the _Band_ gift wrap. Lord, I had almost forgot that. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/30 "2023-12-19T06:58:30Z")
I have a lifetime supply of Band gift wrap. Mind you, I’m pretty old, so that’s not saying much, but when you have four student aides and a handful of favorite kids every year for a decade, you end up with a **lot** of fundraising items. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lucky\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_One)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/31 "2023-12-19T15:09:48Z")
Not even remotely true. Aldi paper is thick and strong and even has cutting lines on the flip side. And it’s inexpensive. I just bought some last week. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/32 "2023-12-19T15:23:13Z")
Wow, I’m falling in ❤. Burning Guitar wrapping paper. It would be cool in my music room. I have a box with microphones, mixer, pedals etc. It needs some decorative attention. The main Amazon photo is terrible. Look at the details photo views. Currently unavailable, but can probably be found on Ebay or other sites. [https://www.amazon.com/D-Story-Packaging-Graduations-Christmas-Decorations/dp/B0CBKK9NL9#immersive-view\_1702999230066](https://www.amazon.com/D-Story-Packaging-Graduations-Christmas-Decorations/dp/B0CBKK9NL9#immersive-view_1702999230066) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/33 "2023-12-19T18:36:18Z")
> [@Lucky\_One](#): > > Not even remotely true. Aldi paper is thick and strong and even has cutting lines on the flip side. It wouldn’t be the first time\* an Aldi paper product changed on me. I haven’t tried their wrapping paper and can’t remember where I saw the comment. This is the only recent reddit r/aldi thread I can find about it, just two replies: [https://old.reddit.com/r/aldi/comments/182wm1j/aldi\_wrapping\_paper/](https://old.reddit.com/r/aldi/comments/182wm1j/aldi_wrapping_paper/) \*I bought some Aldi kitchen napkins and discarded most of them unused after a day. They were just the worst kind of napkins, wispy thin yet not very absorbent, dusty linty, blech. A friend urged me to try again which I did and found them acceptable. They changed for the better. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/34 "2023-12-19T19:15:04Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > Does no one know a kid in band? It’s too late for this year, but schools still sell gift wrap as a fundraiser (usually in a catalogue with other trifles). If you don’t know any schoolchildren, you could try calling a neighborhood school next September to ask. Nowadays, you can even buy online. The paper, although overpriced, is the good thick kind. I’m sure the fundraising gift wrap is nice enough but it’s obviously going to be overpriced. I think you’d do better just to buy gift wrap someplace else while making a cash donation to the band fund. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/35 "2023-12-19T19:16:56Z")
And once for a friend’s young child, I bought a toy, and then gift wrap, a bow and a card. The wrap, bow and card ended up costing more than ten bucks and I had several feet of Thomas the Tank Engine wrap in my closet for years after. From then on, I resolved to try to buy stuff from stores that offered free or even paid wrapping service. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/36 "2023-12-19T20:26:32Z")
Speaking of gift wrap, I heard this on the radio this morning. [Some turn to the Japanese tradition of Furoshiki as an eco-friendly way to wrap gifts : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1220210921/some-turn-to-the-japanese-tradition-of-furoshiki-as-an-eco-friendly-way-to-wrap-) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/37 "2023-12-19T20:32:45Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I saw wrapping paper specifically singled out in a “What should I avoid at Aldi?” discussion elsewhere on the internet. > [@Lucky\_One](#): > > Not even remotely true. Aldi paper is thick and strong and even has cutting lines on the flip side. And it’s inexpensive. I just bought some last week. Produce, then? My SO tried the one a mile from us shortly after it opened and hasn’t been back since. Come home with a container of berries that looked great on top but turned out to be rotten underneath. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/38 "2023-12-19T20:39:07Z")
Where ever you buy paper you gotta examine. All the particulars are on the label. Don’t punch a hole in and feel the paper . That’s just rude😊 ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782/39 "2023-12-19T20:54:14Z")
I’m an overall fan of Aldi but I agree that produce a blindspot for them, especially very perishable stuff like berries and salad greens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782.md?page=1)