Receiving gifts

Now I'm not sure if this is just me being picky but how hard it is to put a child's gift in wrapping paper or a bag.

I get annoyed with this at Xmas time too & it is only my in-laws that do it.

I received Alia's gift yesterday so this morning I thought I'd better take it out of the plastic bag & the paper it has been wrapped in (xmas paper turned inside out) has been ripped. It's really thin crap paper.

How hard is it to go & get that $1 wrapping paper, it works well & is cheap & not out of their way by any means.

Part of receiving a gift for a child is the fancy wrapping & unwrapping it.

At Xmas I had to fix all the wrapping on their Xmas presents as well as it had ripped or not been stuck down. Now I have to go & get wrapping paper to wrap up her present properly as well.

Am I just being bitchy? I am very grateful they have sent her a present, if not I'd probably buy something on their behalf.

Also DH is shocking at wrapping presents as well but he is getting better & has been getting cards as well, so I wonder if it's something they've never every bothered about?

Hmmm well for us, my inlaws send the kidlets pressie in fancy paper with bows and stuff, but Isabelle and Elias cant open them so it kind of defeats the purpose ..

So in my special circumstance, the cheap thin paper would work better.

I don't have a problem with paper being re-used. I do it myself.

I'm not really bothered by not having a card, although it's a nice gesture plus DD loves looking at her cards all year!

Maybe I should take a picture of it?

They've used the paper like you would brown paper, as the outer layer than you protect the gift inside, so addressed. If it hadn't then been sent in the plastic postage bag (probably the cost effective way of sending it) the paper & there for gift would have been destroyed on the way.

You can buy decent quality paper now in huge rolls really cheaply at those cheapy shops.

Dunno, I guess I just like to present the gift really nicely when I do it.

I totally agree with you, I am a stickler for nicely wrapped presents, I reuse paper but only if its not ripped etc. My IL"s are the same when it comes to gifts lucky if they are wrapped and sometimes write in vivid on the paper and never do cards, to me its rude, but thats just me.

My two had no problem getting into the gifts at Xmas, once big sis taught lil bro he had it down pat too. He was an utter pro when it came to his birthday.

Beloved, OMG yes it's got vivid on it!

C&J, last year they only folded the paper like it is when sellotaped but didn't put any sellotape on it, just put it straight in the box. Only half the presents were wrapped too.

I'm addicted to wrapping paper etc... I love getting handmade cards, where a bit of effort has been put in. In the future I will always get DD to make cards to go with gifts for family, it has so much more meaning. I think if someone has gone to the effort to nicely wrap something then it's extra effort they've put in for you.. my opinion anyway

DD's grandma brought her 1st birthday present around in an old new world plastic bag and that was it

I think when circumstances dictate I would be a bit forgiving but if it is just because they don't care and can't make your birthday or christmas a bit magical then that is when it irks me.

Although I just did the worst booboo ever and had to wrap a birthday present in christmas paper. I have kids with birthdays around christmas and hate it when there are christmas wrapped presents for birthday. It was good quality pretty paper though. I thought I had paper and didn't so rather than nothing I used the christmas paper. lol.

I'm possibly bad then,

I reuse wrapping paper - or get the kids to help 'make' some by painting/ fingerpainting on paper and also get them to help make handmade cards.

We havent had a great budget this year for 'extras' and so id rather spend the few dollars it would cost for wrapping paper and a card, on the actual gift.

Kimnthekids wrote: I'm possibly bad then, I reuse wrapping paper - or get the kids to help 'make' some by painting/ fingerpainting on paper and also get them to help make handmade cards. We havent had a great budget this year for 'extras' and so id rather spend the few dollars it would cost for wrapping paper and a card, on the actual gift.

We do this too, everyone so far has loved their 'one off original' cards and paper

To make no effort whatsoever to wrap a gift is just lazy and rude.

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