Wrapped or Un-Wrapped?

[SC]

Question: Does Santa bring presents wrapped or unwrapped?

When I was a child ( 0-18 ) Santa always left presents unwrapped. I grew up with two brothers and Santa would leave his presents with tags attached to unwrapped presents. So how did Santa leave presents for you?

[dvdguy]

gotta go with wrapped unless they are in the stocking.
Though I do like that tv show unwrapped

[Ervserver]

most wrapped however larger things like a bike, or fishin rod, or something would be near the tree unwrapped and with a big bow on it.


8-)

[sheepsnot]

Always wrapped. My folks didn't promote Santa, so their names were all over everything. :-(

[SC]

Always wrapped. My folks didn't promote Santa, so their names were all over everything. :-(
Maybe if you left cookies... ;-)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/kal_el_2020/santa/Santa7.jpg

[sheepsnot]

My father used to watch the old biblical movies, like The Ten Commandments and Sampson and Delilah and tell us they weren't true. I had to learn about Santa on the school bus.

[SC]

My father used to watch the old biblical movies, like The Ten Commandments and Sampson and Delilah and tell us they weren't true. I had to learn about Santa on the school bus.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0792154649.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[dvdguy]

traumatizing

[ReineV]

I always like my presents wrapped. It's more fun that way! Everyone tears into the wrapping paper and then my dog runs and jumps into the huge pile.

[dvdguy]

i throw the paper for the cat

[SC]

i throw the paper for the cat
That's worth wrapping right there!

[mrshamm]

Santa always leaves his gifts wrapped in blue paper with snow flakes on it for our kids.

At my parents house santa always leaves his packages in red and green paper with snowmen on it.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:merry: Our gifts from friend, relatives and family were wrapped under the tree. On Christmas morning there were presents from Santa un-wrapped and with fancy printed labels so each of us would know what Santa chose for them. Our stocking gifts were un-wrapped.
As older teenagers and adults the gifts are wrapped with only the stocking stuffers un-wrapped. Sometimes the adult children are still awake when Santa is due to stop by so wrapping them up was bound to happen - although they are still marked From: Santa.

:) The grandchildren's gifts from Santa are unwrapped as well.

:wiggy: We never had gifts that hung in our tree, but I know a few people who received small gifts that way.

[SC]

:merry: Our gifts from friend, relatives and family were wrapped under the tree. On Christmas morning there were presents from Santa un-wrapped and with fancy printed labels so each of us would know what Santa chose for them. Our stocking gifts were un-wrapped.
As older teenagers and adults the gifts are wrapped with only the stocking stuffers un-wrapped. Sometimes the adult children are still awake when Santa is due to stop by so wrapping them up was bound to happen - although they are still marked From: Santa.

:) The grandchildren's gifts from Santa are unwrapped as well.

:wiggy: We never had gifts that hung in our tree, but I know a few people who received small gifts that way.
I was starting to think I was the only one... :D

[Ervserver]

Anyone use trash bags? ex brother inlaw would use Heftys, the cinch sak

[jenifour13]

When we were much younger, and when my girls were younger, Santa left them unwrapped. Now that the girls are a little older, andwhen we got older, Santa wraps them. It takes longer and adds to the excitement for us.

[Ervserver]

It don't feel right if you don't have a pile of ripped wrapping paper on the floor Christmas day

[TwinkleLights25]

Definetly wrapped!!! It's exciting seeing wrapped presents and not knowing what inside til you unwrap em!! Sometimes you still don't know til you open the box the gift is in, i.e.: when your gift is boxed in a cracker or popcorn box, hehe! :cool:

[devOn]

All gifts that come in our whole family are wrapped.

[ChristmasFanatic]

Always wrapped. Gifts from Santa were always mixed in with gifts from Mom and Dad, so we had to take the time to read the tags to be sure thanks weer given to the deserving party. :) Santa even wrapped our stocking stuffers a lot of the time. Naturally, very large gifts, such as bikes, desks, etc., were not wrapped, but 'bowed' with a huge red bow and placed near the tree. While I don't enjoy wrapping gifts, because I'm not a great wrapper, I do love the look of excitement on a face, when someone unwraps something totally unexpected, but something they really wanted. :wiggy:

[elfworks]

It don't feel right if you don't have a pile of ripped wrapping paper on the floor Christmas day

what he said!!


xo

[ChristmasFanatic]

It don't feel right if you don't have a pile of ripped wrapping paper on the floor Christmas day

Isn't it amazing how much paper you actually end up stuffing into a large garbage bag? Between the empty boxes and bags of wrapping, I'm always amazed at just how much we end up tossing.

[Ervserver]

The first trash collection day after Christmas proves that point, piles and piles of paper and cartons by the curb.

[ChristmasFanatic]

In our very rural area, trash pick up is just once a week, so depending on what day they come around, you can see tons of piles sitting outside various homes, just begging to be picked up. The 4-unit apartment I live in has a dumpster, so that helps, but then, we also have four sets of Christmas wrappings to deal with. :-D

[Ervserver]

Do you have dumpster divers around there? I've seen them here the day after Christmas collecting boxes and bows.

[ChristmasFanatic]

Do you have dumpster divers around there? I've seen them here the day after Christmas collecting boxes and bows.

We may very well, but I've only caught people putting trash in the dumpster, not taking it out. :x

[sheepsnot]

You've never met my dad, then. He would make a trip to the Salvation Army drop box and come back with as much as he took. It was a swap box to him.

[Ervserver]

I feel guilty about taking stuff people have set out by the curb, I knock on the door first and ask them if they really want to throw that good junk out.

[ChristmasFanatic]

Maybe I should look around on Christmas Day and the few days following Christmas to see if I can find something worth diving for? ;)

[Ervserver]

You would be surprised what people throw out.


:eek:

[silver bells]

Presents were wrapped when I was little and I still wrap my kids presents. There was one Christmas when I was about 12 or maybe a little older that I got up late one night and unwrapped the ends of all of my gifts to see what it was and then retaped them. My dad and step-mom never knew what I had done. :D

[Christy Carol]

And you didnt come and wake me up??


To be honest, I didnt know you did that either!

[Ervserver]

8-) 8-) 8-)

[ChristmasFanatic]

Presents were wrapped when I was little and I still wrap my kids presents. There was one Christmas when I was about 12 or maybe a little older that I got up late one night and unwrapped the ends of all of my gifts to see what it was and then retaped them. My dad and step-mom never knew what I had done. :D

It's funny, a lot of my friends and cousins were always doing a bit of 'snooping' around the holidays, but I NEVER want to know what I'm getting, if at all possible. Last year, I received two sets of DVD collections in special packaging and unfortunately, when they arrived, the person gifting me with them, thought the discs sounded loose, so I was asked to open them. It was only about 2 weeks before Christmas, but gee, I didn't want to know two of my major gifts! :( Guess I need to grow up just a wee bit. ;)

[Christy Carol]

I am the same way, I don't want to know but at the same time I don't want to wait to find out. :D Last year I drove the BF nuts shaking my presents and begging to open them and then refusing to when he offered to let me! Dont you dare grow up, that is what Christmas is all about.

Growing up is overrated!!!! :???:

[silver bells]

And you didnt come and wake me up??


To be honest, I didnt know you did that either!

No, I couldn't wake you up cause you would have told on me!! Little sister syndrome! :D

[Christy Carol]

And you didnt come and wake me up??


To be honest, I didnt know you did that either!

No, I couldn't wake you up cause you would have told on me!! Little sister syndrome! :D

Depends. I could have made it worth MY while!

[cspelling]

Wrapped is the way to go! Its half the fun of watching your loved ones unvail a thoughtful gift.

[Ervserver]

Even more fun to wrap in oversized boxes with some "junk" weight added

[ChristmasFanatic]

I remember a dear friend telling me that she had to be a little careful at Christmas, as when she opened something and would be all excited by what the box showed, she'd become embarrassed when she opned the box and it wasn't what the box showed...the box was simply used to house the gift! :lol: I've always remembered that and I don't become overly excited, until I see the contents, which are usually even better than I thought, but still, to thank someone for what you see on the box and then find out it's not the gift you thought, would be a little embarrassing for the person giving and for me! :???:

[Ervserver]

My grandmother is good for getting gifts mixed up, she wraps a bunch at a time and doesn't tag them as she wraps.

[sheepsnot]

That's got to be a bummer. Not sure if it would be easier to unwrap everything or get them to the right person once opened on Christmas Day.

[Ervserver]

It can be humorous, nothing like opening a Victoria Secret bra when yer expecting a NFL sweatshirt :-?

[mrshamm]

That happened to my husband 2 years ago at my grandmothers house. She accidentally got the tags on the wrong gifts...I got his and he got mine. So he ended up opening some sexy pj's and lingire and I opened boxers and some mens office clothes...lol.

[Ervserver]

well...did he sleep good in em?

[mrshamm]

:lol: No, he immediately figured out what happened and told my grandma so, she swapped the gifts...lol.

[Ervserver]

good ol grandma, makes Christmas even more special

[ChristmasFanatic]

I remember one of my closest friends telling me about opening a gift and becoming extremely excited about the gift on the box....come to find out, it wasn't what was in the box, the box was only used to wrap the actual gift. :o I've never forgotten that, so I'm careful not to get overly excited about a gift until it's actually opened......my friend said the giver was quite embarrassed that the gift wasn't what she'd placed in the box.

[HollyJells]

WRAPPED up nice n tight. My parents always did 2 types of wrapping, they would make the santa ones nice and tight and theirs kinda nice n loose. I loved christmases as a child, we never had to worry over things, now as adults that seems to be the biggest problem... worrying

[Ervserver]

yea Christmas is a bit more stressful in adulthood...but listening to Christmas music helps with that

[kidzrme]

ALL OF MY WRAPPING PAPER IS SNOWMEN. SANTA'S PRESENTS ARE ALL WRAPPED IN SANTA WRAPPING PAPER... :???:

[BritneyBug]

Oh you have to have the wrapping paper. I would hate to see everything unwrapped all at once. I like to take my time and savor every gift, especially as I get older.
Now I usually will take stuff out of the boxes and tags (If it's not electronics and if i know for sure I'll keep it).

When I get new PJs I always go put them on right away ;-)

[Sunshine73]

Wrapped, definitely wrapped. Of course, every gift under the tree came 'from Santa'. I think I was an adult before I realized that some parents actually took credit for some of the gifts under the tree. Shoot, I'm 30--something years old and the gifts at my mom's house still say "from Santa" on them.

My DH, however, was raised in an unwrapped family...we've worked hard to bridge the divide between the cultures but it's been rough at times. :whisper:

[lana]

I have to say wrapped. My parents still give me all my gifts from Santa. But I prefer to give and get presents in gift bags. Way less garbage, because they are re-usable for like a million times!!

[BritneyBug]

I have to say wrapped. My parents still give me all my gifts from Santa. But I prefer to give and get presents in gift bags. Way less garbage, because they are re-usable for like a million times!!

Yeah I totally agree on the gift bags....They are tons easier to do and are re-useable.

[Billy Battles]

I have to say wrapped. My parents still give me all my gifts from Santa. But I prefer to give and get presents in gift bags. Way less garbage, because they are re-usable for like a million times!!

I have noticed a trend with you. You are very enviromentally aware. So is my Girlfriend she suggested that we wrap presents in newspaper some we can cut down on paper waste.

[mrspenguin]

wrapped unless it is in the stocking. Santa always uses the same paper for all the gifts everyyear.

[Maebeary]

They were always wrapped and as my kids grew up, we made sure they were wrapped. I guess it's part of the traditions we grew up with. We always had Christmas gift opening on Christmas Eve. When I got married, I wanted Christmas morning to be special so we started that as our tradition.

[Annette1990]

Mine were always wrapped..

[snowangel_x3]

Pretty much everything was wrapped. :)

[lana]

I have noticed a trend with you. You are very enviromentally aware. So is my Girlfriend she suggested that we wrap presents in newspaper some we can cut down on paper waste.


Yeah, that was my major in university and grad school.
But when it comes to things like this (i.e. the amount of garbage we put out) i think that everyone is entitled to be aware of their actions.

Especially with wrapping paper, I mean sometimes it can look so beautiful, but basically we are paying for something that we put right it the garbage.

I like the idea of newspaper, but i find the ink can smear all over your finger tips.

[gennifyr]

Most gifts are wrapped. The exception is cheap Christmas chocolate and stocking stuff. I like the effect of the few unwrapped items.

[Minta]

With the excpetion of a few stocking stuffers and one big gift each the Santa gifts are wrapped in Santa wrapping paper while the gifts from mom and dad are wrapped in non santa wrapping paper.

[Amy]

Santa wrapped my presents. He wraps my daughters present in special wrapping paper.

[JanaBanana]

LOVE this picture SC!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/kal_el_2020/santa/Santa7.jpg

[Mumof2]

We had a little of both,bigger presents were un-wrapped smaller ones were wrapped,stocking stuffers were wrapped.for my own kids i do the same..its fun to see their faces christmas morning when they spot the toy they wanted.

[Iluvsantasandsnowpeople]

I do too! And my cats like to hide in the tree. we always had wrapped presents from santa, But my DH they were unwrapped.

[cipalla]

wrapped, wrapped, and wrapped...:treeguy:

[DoubleA]

I had it wrapped under the tree as well as in the stocking. Thats what the elves are for :-D

[jolly elf]

:treeguy: All Santa presents were wrapped. I now wrap my childrens presents from Santa and use only paper that has Santa on it so they know just by looking at it that it is something Santa brought for them.

[Billy Battles]

Always wrapped

[George Broderick, Jr.]

:rudolph:wrapped, definitely... and Santa's wrapping paper MUST be different than any other gift paper used that year, otherwise it's like he phoned it in and had your Mom wrap his gifts for him...

[kidzrme]

All of our Santa presents were left unwrapped when I was growing up. For my daughter, I have always wrapped the Santa presents in Santa wrapping paper.cheesy

[yolie8174]

wrapped in santa paper:))

[irishgirl]

Always wrapped!!!

I wrap my son's presents from Santa in special paper. I would take him to the store and have him pick out special paper. I explained that Santa doesn't have time to wrap the presents and the elves make the toys so it is up to us to wrap them. He always loved the tradition.. he is 12 now and still insists on his "Santa" gifts to be wrapped in special paper he picks out... how fast they grow up :treeguy:

[Seawaters]

When I was a kid, Santa presents were unwrapped and presents from family members were wrapped. When my kids were little, I wrapped them. The older I got, the lazier I got and let my daughter do the wrapping. Now I wrap them myself, but I do sometimes cheat and use decorated boxes and bags!

Cherylle in CA

[purplecrush]

ALWAYS wrapped! Its not as fun seeing what your gifts are. Anything could be under that wrapping paper!!!!

[emski4379]

This year we did Santa gifts unwrapped, and everyone elses wrapped. That way when he came downstairs, he was super excited to see the big gifts in front of the fireplace.

[irishsnow]

All of my presents from Santa were unwrapped and all the presents from my family were wrapped

[thedementedelf]

Everything gets wrapped. For Santa Gifts we always use different paper. For the gift tags on the Santa gifts I have a neighbor do them for us so the hand writing is different.

[Chillywilly]

It is more fun when you wrap everything. It is also a litte exciting as well. We have wrapping parties with some of our friends.

[snowberry]

The extra large presents just came with a bow and name tag.

snowberry (who thanks Jesus for the best gift of all)

[girlsinmo]

Santa brings the stocking here and the gifts in it are unwrapped with all the other goodies in there.

[girlyfied]

When I was a kid, gifts from Santa were unwrapped and gifts from my parents were warpped. I suppose Santa and his eleves were too busy to wrap my presents. My husband's family wrapped everything, so he insists we do the same. Unfortunately, we don't getany "doing" done until Christmas Eve. Yes, we stay up all night wrapping presents. It stinks because I always have to cook the next day while he naps on the couch. :)

This year I plan to be more organized. Don't let me put it off til Christmas Eve.

[Pam]

Santa doesnt have time to wrap!

[EliteElf]

Wrapped. My parents started doing so way back when I was around 10. I thought I'd hate it, but I was glad they made the switch.

[Cedarfarm]

All presents were wrapped!! Our stocking gifts were not, but alot of that was candy.

During the last week leading up to Christmas, the pretty wrapped presents would start making their way under the tree. My sister and I would pick them up and do the shaking, smelling, squeezing!
OHhhh, that anticipation!!!!

:tree:

[delphiva]

Wrapped! Guessing what is in the present is even more exciting! cheesy

[Billy Battles]

I wrap everything even stocking stuffers. That could be because I love to wrap presents it relaxes me.

[Courtney]

All gifts are wrapped with the exception of Santas big gift. 8-)

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

Everything was wrapped from santa (except stocking stuffers). Except i'm the primary gift wrapper in the family, so if it's not for me or from santa, I wrapped it!

[Janet]

:rudolph:Santa always left my presents unwrapped. So Santa does the same for my kids all but last year my youngest who is now 9 asked that Santa wrap hers.

[MrsSoup]

Always wrapped here.

[TaraML]

Santa's gifts were always unwrapped when I was a kid. My parents would buy us stuff and that was wrapped -- but Santa's stuff wasn't. :give:

[HouseElf]

All gifts are wrapped, stockings are not :))

[Dawnfletch]

oooo wrapped,even the stockings. We like suprises.

[Faithmom6]

It Santa leaves a big car, wagon, or something too big to be wrapped - he will leave it unwrapped under the tree for the recipient.
Everything else will be wrapped.
Some of the stocking gifts will be wrapped and some won't be.:treeguy:

[Miss Darcy]

Presents from Father Christmas are wrapped, all presents are wrapped.:snowball:.

[christmas-junkie]

Defo wrapped :))

[OleStNyck]

When I grew up the big santa gift was always Unwrapped.

Though now as I am older and have kids we are sort of subscribing to the few gifts under the tree then Christmas morning there are a bunch more from Santa.

Its fun to see my daughters face when she notices more packages under the tree.

[trackrebel]

I think I never got an unwrapped gift....even the big ones....I also always wrap everything....the big ones are a big challenge for me....since I am very untalented....but that makes it even more fun....

[MaryXmas]

All my gifts were always wrapped even the ones in the stockings. Only the huge gifts were not wrapped up.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd125/Almsly/Christmas/a-santa.gif

[Aurora Cherie]

Most of the presents were wrapped under the tree but there were always presents unwrapped sitting in front of the tree, probably because I woke up so early. I am an only child so there never needed to be tags on the presents directing who the unwrapped ones belonged to. I was allowed to open my stocking and play with the unwrapped gifts before my parents got up but none other.

[cruzin]

My santa presents were always wrapped with different wrapping paper from the rest of the presents.

My kids' santa presents are always wrapped with different wrapping paper from the rest of the presents.

Gloria