OCD wrapping

[Fuschia]

Following on from the Xmas food thread ... What's your wrapping protocol?

Stockings, wrapped items inside?

Multiple children - random wrapping or a different paper for each? (and different paper for Santa)

With 4 children and mr f I am currently managing a complex system of 9 types of paper which mr f keeps sabotaging

[Pickle]

Generally... start wrapping presents using dusty wrapping paper found in loft from Christmas past. Get halfway through on Christmas eve and realise we don't have enough. Debate which child is young enough to not realise their Christmas gifts are wrapped in "congratulations, new baby" or "happy birthday" paper and sealed with blu tack :-$

Although to give him credit, Mr Pickle has started wrapping early this year so hopefully it will all look slightly more professional!

[Fuschia]

I tend to buy up masses of paper in jan sales then forget and buy more in dec

Two years ago mr f made me promises not to buy anymore so we ran out late Xmas eve and had to use birthday paper ... So snap pickle !

[Norfolkvillas]

My husband just asked me how much he would need to pay me to do all the Christmas wrapping each year. I told him ?100 per Christmas. It's not a favourite pastime here at Norfolk Villas...

[sillywoman]

Random: just any present wrapped in any paper (all bought & wrapped by me) then BIG labels on each one.

Stockings not wrapped. Mum/ Santa hopefully too p***ed on Baileys to wrap any more by stocking stuffing time :)

[The Nappy Lady]

With Sillywoman - girls (well the eldest) loves to be in charge of reading labels & handing pressies out, which I always did so it feels like a tradition.

Stockings not wrapped but this year a couple of pressies from Santa are 'to share' so will be wrapped & left in between stockings. This is stuff they need to play with without battling over.....will it work....we shall see??!!!

[Helen GV]

Is it just the stocking that they get from Santa? Or a big present as well? We used to hang a pillow case at the end of our bed and mum and dad would put the presents in there.

What do you generally put in stockings?? Am a bit clueless as we did things differently in NZ- don't remember hanging stockings- and as the kids are growing up would like to be in line with local traditions.. To some extent anyway ;0)

[The Nappy Lady]

When I was little stocking was on the end of the bed but we now put ours by the fire downstairs which also means children come to us and then we all go down to investigate together!

Stocking gifts are from FC, gifts under tree are from friends & family and are opened across the day.

But I think others do it differently.

[Fuschia]

Didn't have stockings when I was small either

One present on end of our bed to

Open

At dawn

Rest downstairs

Fc would bring all the presents, whoever they were from

I don't remember fc bringing me much

My mum didn't have much money, I think she wSnted the credit for the gifts we got!

We now have stockings first (from Santa)

Chocolate and small

Nick nacks

Then move on to bigger presents, done from us, from fc, from the elf who

Lives in our chimney, from family

Different paper for each

X 4 children

Hence = ocd

[gwod]

The kids have pilowcases at the end of their beds which FC fills up, I came from a family who had stockings but my husband came from a pillowcase family, he really wanted his family tradition continued, but I now wish we'd stuck with stockings because as the kids get older they want/need less bulky items. We do use different wrapping paper for each of the 4 children in their pillowcases to avoid mix ups with presents during the opening frenzy in the morning when they all pile into bed with us! Things under the tree are from real people, warpped in whatever paper they like, and also little things from the kids to each other, and stuff they have made for us.

Oooh, I cant wait!!!

[jollybaby]

I can't remember on which thread people were talking about numbers of presents but I was at work yesterday and I overheard a conversation between two of my colleagues - one was saying that she had bought her teenage daughter 68 stocking presents!!! That was in addition to her main under the tree presents. She was contemplating getting her another few too - including a pair of hunter wellies.

I think it was easier when we were young as we used to have those huge White plastic sacks with father Christmas - everything got thrown in there.

[GSJ57]

We had pillowcases too - usually with a Blue Peter annual in them to keep us occupied until a reasonable hour!

[sillywoman]

Stocking & one 'big' pressie from FC, all others from Mum & Dad, family & friends etc.etc.

Our stockings are relatively small though - they only fit about 10 or so small things in (68!!!??).

[Otta]

Just finished wrapping kids presents. First couple are very neat. After that, they get worse and worse.

They won't care I guess.

[Fuschia]

Still wrapping

After glass of wine and a (medicinal) brandy

Hic

Note to self: do not mistakenly wrap putrid pink doll seat for ninja mad son, in error