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   pouncingtiger said, 5 months ago

   It’s certainly one of Elly’s gifts.
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 5 months ago

   I just hope there’s stuff IN those packages.
   ;-)
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   IndyMan said, 5 months ago

   @SUSAN NEWMAN

   Oh, yee of little faith, Ms Newman. Ellie would never be that mean.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

   Lynn’s Notes:
   I love to wrap gifts. This happy pastime evolved when I worked in my parents’ gift and jewellery store. We offered a gift-wrapping service and mom was an expert. At the back of the shop there was a table all set up for this. Long rolls of wrapping paper and rolls of ribbon hung conveniently above the table where Mom kept tape, scissors, gift cards, and all kinds of floral toppers – for that final touch. She showed me how to fold the edges of the paper so the bottom and the sides of the package were beautifully neat. We made huge puffy bows with paper ribbon, and we “stripped” the ties ‘til they curled. Gift-wrapping was a job I loved and the customers came back again and again for our wrapping skills … and just to visit. We had one of those shops that went the extra mile! I still love to gift-wrap, and I’ve passed the skills on to my daughter who has taken this to an even higher level – she makes gift baskets that are too beautiful to open!
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

   @SUSAN NEWMAN

   Don’t be such a pessimist about Ellie.
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   Kab Buch said, 5 months ago

   Nice wrapping and just seconds to tear down.

   
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   neatslob said, 5 months ago

   @Kab Buch

   Oh, I don’t know about that. For a long time my Mom was one who would try to save all the wrapping paper and bows. It would take her forever to open a present, and would drive us kids crazy. We opened presents one at a time, and my Dad wouldn’t hand out the next present until she was done.
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   lightenup said, 5 months ago

   It certainly would be a pleasure to get one of those. Unfortunately, I’m practical, so my wrapping skills are limited to wrapping paper and occasionally some curling ribbon. But I do write my kids’ names on the paper so that it’s hidden, and they love trying to find that.
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   summerdog said, 5 months ago

   With the presents I give, the less expensive the gift, the more fancy wrapping it received. You hope you get a plain one from me with a bow taped on top. Better yet, just thrown in a Christmas bag with tissue.
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    ewalnut said, 5 months ago

    I used to enjoy curling the ribbons with a scissors. Now they don’t sell those kinds of ribbons anymore in local shops and all you do is plonk a bow on top.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

    We wouldn’t save the paper but did the bows and such. Could be used again another time.
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    JanCinLV said, 5 months ago

    My dad was meticulous and careful about opening his gifts. He carried a pocket knife and used it to slit the tape and then remove the paper and refold it. Only then would he look at what was inside. And if the box was taped shut, out came the pocket knife again. We, too opened gifts one at a time, and it was agonizing watching him. (I miss him so at Christmas time. I wish he were here to pull out that old pocket knife again.)
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    gaebie said, 5 months ago

    @SUSAN NEWMAN

    “I just hope there’s stuff IN those packages.
    ;-)”
    Check in with “Curtis” (not in GoComics). His mom did just that! Gift wrapped an empty box. She knew he would open it early.
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    JanCinLV said, 5 months ago

    @ewalnut

    The ribbon is still out there, you have to search for it, though. I use strips of wrapping paper for “to/from” tags, and they too will curl when you slide the paper carefully along the edge of a scissors blade. Hold the scissors diagonally against the paper for a nice little tube effect.
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    oldman2013 said, 5 months ago

    cute
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