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One of the things that is developing into a family tradition is the strangely wrapped gift. My husband is trying to turn into a master at the craft. I must say that he has really done us proud in that endeavor. At times, others have tried..oh, they have tried to beat the mastery of the gift wrapper, but alas they have failed.
Well, maybe they have and maybe they haven’t. One year, my sister and her husband set out to try and fool us about our presents. For some reason, they feel the need to give multiples and this year was no exception. There were riddles. We had to guess just to open the next one. Frankly, we were terrible at guessing what they had for us but it was such fun. No, I won’t tell you. Na na.
Then, there was the year that my husband wanted to make a spectacular entrance over at my Mom’s where we always celebrate the day. We had bought her one of those “high/low” outside thermometers. Trust me, she wanted one so much she could practically taste it but there were none available locally and had not been for many years. Hers was broken. She had to “suffer” with an old ratty one she did not like.
My husband wanted to disguise the present because my Mom is really good at guessing what’s in the box. So, he got a long, thin box about 6 ft. It was less than a foot wide and about 3-4 inches thick. He had packing peanuts in it. The present was seated in the middle. It was approximately a foot long and about 2 1/2 inches wide. Obviously, the box was WAAAAAAAAY too big for it. When he finished placing the present inside, he started to wrap it putting plain wrapping paper on it, then decorating it to look like a STOP LIGHT!!! It was awesome.
We have had many more such stunts in the past years. Can’t wait to see what everyone has to fool us this year. It’s so much fun.
Now, if you want your Christmas to be a bit brighter, why not think of a way to keep them guessing? Wrap the presents in a much different way than what you normally do. Use newspaper, for instance. That is an excellent wrapping paper and costs a whole lot less. Decorate it. You could make it look like a scrapbook. The wrapping paper can be as much fun as the present itself. Have some fun!! What I found was that wrapping used to be boring and drudgy. I hated to do it. I loved buying the presents but pay someone to wrap things. Now, my husband does it but it’s much more fun!!! We both figure out the wrapping. A blast.
Try it and see. If you can’t get the husband to do it, find a friend and have a wrapping party. You might find that you can wrap their present under their noses and they won’t know a thing. LOL!!! Your turn.
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Great Story, I loved it! I wrapped up a package on cheap pens for my wife one year b/c she commented that she could not find pens when she needed them earlier in the year. The look on her face was priceless. Of course I had her other presents wrapped up and hidden in the closet to save myself.
ROFL!! Good that you had the others but that would have been great!!! Thank you for sharing that.