Presents from Fr Christmas...do you wrap them or not??? Views please

tinkerbellsmum_2

i'm happy to recieve unwrapped lol would mean i had be brought a gift I usually buy my own from my dh

zaksmum

I do remember as kids we had all our presents unwrapped in pillowcases. I think the pillowcase served as the wrapping, and the shapes were the mystery part - you felt the pillowcase before fishing anything out.

Ooooh - getting all emotional now!

My parents certainly would never have spent money on wrapping paper to just have it chucked in the bin.

But now when I sort my presents out for everyone, they HAVE to be wrapped. The grandkids, my own grown up kids, friends, all the presents MUST be wrapped.

Waste of money or not, that's the way it has to be.

LexyB

Long time reader, first time poster, so bear with me!

We have always had a very spread-out Christmas, as we have Austrian/English and German/English parents. To keep in with their traditions, (and when we were younger, to keep us quiet!), we open a few small gifts on Christmas Eve which are always the ones from relatives (not grandparents) or friends.
Then in the morning, my sister and I (25 + 23, we still do it!) go downstairs, collect the stockings from under the tree, frantically pack my Mum's stocking for her and add a few bits to my Dad's one, and then take them into their room. We all sit on their bed, the daughters at the foot of the bed, two dogs in the middle! And take turns to open each (wrapped) present.
Then, we have breakfast and get dressed, and then we open our main presents (close family) from under the tree. We take that in turns, too, and every single one is wrapped. In terms of wrapping ability, I can always tell which are from my Dad (he actually managed to make a stack of books look round, he's that bad at it!), and my Mum (beautifully decorated). I can't remember if we had Santa presents, I think he was just a general figure of Christmas not associated with actual gifts.
We also used to put our shoes out on 6 December too, which only stopped when we both left home!

I love having a mixed Christmas, it makes it more interesting and reminds us where we're all from too....

themull1

LexyB wrote: »

Long time reader, first time poster, so bear with me!

We have always had a very spread-out Christmas, as we have Austrian/English and German/English parents. To keep in with their traditions, (and when we were younger, to keep us quiet!), we open a few small gifts on Christmas Eve which are always the ones from relatives (not grandparents) or friends.
Then in the morning, my sister and I (25 + 23, we still do it!) go downstairs, collect the stockings from under the tree, frantically pack my Mum's stocking for her and add a few bits to my Dad's one, and then take them into their room. We all sit on their bed, the daughters at the foot of the bed, two dogs in the middle! And take turns to open each (wrapped) present.
Then, we have breakfast and get dressed, and then we open our




main presents (close family) from under the tree. We take that in turns, too, and every single one is wrapped. In terms of wrapping ability, I can always tell which are from my Dad (he actually managed to make a stack of books look round, he's that bad at it!), and my Mum (beautifully decorated). I can't remember if we had Santa presents, I think he was just a general figure of Christmas not associated with actual gifts.
We also used to put our shoes out on 6 December too, which only stopped when we both left home!

I love having a mixed Christmas, it makes it more interesting and reminds us where we're all from too....[/QUOT

Whats 'putting your shoes out on the 6 December'?

Tigsteroonie

I remember that presents in my Christmas stocking were always wrapped. I'd wake around 3-4am (after my parents had gone to bed and left the stocking), and peel corners of the presents so that I could see what I'd got; I'd go back to sleep until morning, and then unwrap them all properly :rotfl:

Andrew is still of an age to get Santa's presents downstairs rather than in a stocking on his cot-side. (Perhaps that is something that comes with moving into a bed?) However, because he's spoilt rotten (courtesy of charity shops & grabbits), it's not a stocking - it's a huge great homemade Santa sack! Of course Santa's presents are wrapped with a different paper to the presents from us

poet123

All wrapped and in a santa sack, and they all take turns in unwrapping one each to prolong the excitement.

laurenjs88

As a kid we laid out or sacks in front of the fireplace and when we scrambled downstairs the next morning they were usually bulging with lots of small wrapped presents FC had delivered. Everything was wrapped apart from the choc coin nets and it was great! all the presents from parents & family etc was under the tree wrapped up and Dad would dish them our after breakfast and then after tea we all had small tree presents again all wrapped.

So for me its wrapped all the way, we would never have the same wrapping paper as FC though! the elves made his paper specially!

VintageBrat

Unwrapping the pressies was the best part, I used to take forever neatly peeling the sellotape off..

searz

Trow wrote: »

Wrapped, definitely!

With the exceptions of - if they got something REALLY big, like a bike or a kitchen, then it would be unwrapped, and some small items in the stocking would be unwrapped, although the more expensive things are wrapped.

So much more exciting, and it makes the joy of watching their faces last longer.

lol KITCHEN wish santa would bring me one!

bargainbarmy

*Louise* wrote: »

What's the point if they're not wrapped?


If I spend weeks/months buying stuff it's a waste of time if it's all laid out, they look over it and it's done. If they have to unwrap things it makes them concentrate on each item and makes the surprises last longer.

Never heard of anyone else not having wrapped parcels from Santa (except big stuff) to me, it just seems like the parents couldn't be bothered with the hassle

Ours were in a huge sack unwrapped so you couldn't see them all straight away. You would just dip your hand in for the next one and still be just as excited. Nothing to do with my parents being too bothered with the hassle of wrapping.