The wrapping Christmas presents hate thread

[Kyle]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh I hate it.

I can never do it right.

I'm a man for **** sake.

Stop judging me.

You should be happy you've got a present and a card, that's one better than last year.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhh


That's better.

[AnnieK]

I love wrapping.....if I could get paid for it I would quit my job and do it full time....send your to me Kyle, I will do it for you...

[Cherie]

I hate wrapping as well, especially those awkward shaped gifts, so my solution is to mosey on down to the 99p store and get gift bags for stuff that is not easy to wrap. 2 big ones for 99p or 3 in a pack Medium/Small/Bottle bag

[Kyle]

I love wrapping.....if I could get paid for it I would quit my job and do it full time....send your to me Kyle, I will do it for you...

You have yourself a job then :hugesmile:

Seriously though I can never get both ends to be equal in length and then when I try and fold the corners over they squish together.

And don't get me started on cellotape. The worst good invention ever.

[Kyle]

I hate wrapping as well, especially those awkward shaped gifts, so my solution is to mosey on down to the 99p store and get gift bags for stuff that is not easy to wrap. 2 big ones for 99p or 3 in a pack Medium/Small/Bottle bag

Oh yeh they are annoying. I cannot wrap anything that isn't box shaped.

Wrapping paper gets me aswell. Last year I bought some beautiful shiny silver wrapping paper from Marks & Spencer and spent half an hour looking at my reflection making weird shapes instead of wrapping up presents.

[Glenn.]

I love wrapping presents :love:

[Kizzy]

I usually leave it till last min.... :/
Not my fave job.
My son wrapped some for me but he wrapped a doll for my niece in 'boyish' wrapping paper, so I asked him to open it and rewrap it... He looked at me like I'd gone insane :joker:

[Kazanne]

I'm about to embark on this,I like it when I first start but after a while I get annoyed with it ,especially when the tape gets lost or twisted!!! and those silly shaped presents,when you wrap them and the paper rips,Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,lol.

[Kyle]

I love wrapping presents :love:

This is a hate thread! For the love of God show some hate! I don't care what it is just hate something!! :mad:

[Kizzy]

Don't do what I did one year kaz I wrapped everything very quickly and efficiently... But in my haste hadn't afixed a tag to anyones prezzie, so had about 45 gifts and not one clue who they were for! :laugh:

[Shaun]

They really do require having a third arm (to hold it down whilst you try and get the sellotape).

[Kyle]

They really do require having a third arm (to hold it down whilst you try and get the sellotape).

I have a third arm but sadly wrapping presents isn't it's forte :(

[Jack.]

They really do require having a third arm (to hold it down whilst you try and get the sellotape).

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/im_kenneth/im_kenneth1206/im_kenneth120600002/13914867-isolated-of-red-sellotape-holder.jpg

[Kyle]

Don't do what I did one year kaz I wrapped everything very quickly and efficiently... But in my haste hadn't afixed a tag to anyones prezzie, so had about 45 gifts and not one clue who they were for! :laugh:

Did you open then?

That would kill me. Having to open presents I painstakingly wrapped together knowing I then had to wrap them again.

[Josy]

Christmas Gift Bags, 2 for £1.50 from B&M, Home Bargains, Discount Uk etc.

I quite like wrapping though.

[Josy]

I'm about to embark on this,I like it when I first start but after a while I get annoyed with it ,especially when the tape gets lost or twisted!!! and those silly shaped presents,when you wrap them and the paper rips,Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,lol.

I always lose the pen that I use to write out the labels/tags :laugh:

They really do require having a third arm (to hold it down whilst you try and get the sellotape).

Sellotape holder.

[x-evenstar-x]

I LOVE wrapping! It's so much fun! I put on Christmas music and get right into it :-D I'm a perfectionist though so they all must be perfect.

It's been a disaster today, I've been wrapping all morning and as I wrap my bunny rabbit oscar unwraps them, so everyone is having a chewed not so perfect present this year, oops! Lol

Ill wrap yours if you like Kyle.

[Natalie.]

Gift bag/boxes

[Shaun]

sellotape holders are for people who can't deal with the real world

[Ammi]

..I love wrapping gifts and take ages doing it, this year I started wrapping early so I've only got a few left to do....and yeah I use a tape dispenser because this is my world...

[fingers]

Don't use sellotape, use "Magic" tape on a dispenser. Far less hassle than sellotape.

Edit: It is practically invisible so you have the added advantage of watching the recipients struggling to find the joins!

[smudgie]

Perfect solution.

Only buy items in square boxes.

I have exactly 2 presents to wrap so far, both in lovely identical square boxes.

Then I only have the wine and spirits to wrap...that is easy enough as long as you don't try and disguise them.

Sellotape dispenser really does come in handy as well.

[Kazanne]

Don't do what I did one year kaz I wrapped everything very quickly and efficiently... But in my haste hadn't afixed a tag to anyones prezzie, so had about 45 gifts and not one clue who they were for! :laugh:

:joker::joker::joker:God forbid Kizzy,I 'de have to leave home if I did that,I have been at it all day' stopped at 4 but still got more to do,Aghhhhhhh.

[Kazanne]

I always lose the pen that I use to write out the labels/tags :laugh:



Sellotape holder.

Yes that's another one Josy,you lose your pen,go and find another only to find you now have two:joker: