As I was wrapping the Christmas gifts I carefully picked out for my wife today, it dawned on me that many of us men are gift-wrapping impaired. And there is no support group for that.
I’m not the only one though. Many of us have had the Christmas Eve experience of buying the perfect gift for our wives or girl-friends (not that you should have more than one) only to take a sledge hammer to it out of frustration. Or at least it looks like we wrapped it with a sledge hammer. So, after I pulled the errant tape from various parts of my body and placed Band-Aids over my scissor wounds, I decided to offer some hard earned advice on making gift wrapping easier.
- Buy a car or some other huge, outrageously expensive object that will dazzle her and that any reasonable human would realize could not be wrapped. By the way, car dealerships are open on Christmas Eve. Though, unfortunately, I’ve discovered finding those huge bows they show on television are as hard to find as it is to wrap—say a diamond.
- Buy a diamond. They are really small and the store should wrap it for you for the prices they charge.
- Have the store or one of those worthy charities wrap it. Or your daughter. The trouble with this is, then others will know you can’t afford a car or a diamond.
- Don’t wrap it! I mean you spent hours—or at least minutes—picking it out. Why cover it up? Plus she might like the wrapping paper more than the gift.
- Give your gift to her naked. That should distract her, especially if you can’t afford a car or a diamond. Though this could be awkward at a family gathering.
- Give her cash. It slips easily into one of those cash cards with a sweet message already written on. Then say, “I know your love language is really quality time. This is so we can go shopping together.”
- Don’t give her a gift. The holiday is about giving. God gave us Jesus. But Christmas has become far too commercial, as Charlie Brown said. And all the worry about wrapping gifts obscures the reason for the season.
I hope these gift wrapping suggestions were helpful. Now get out there and get shopping, you’ve only got a few hours until it’s Christmas Day. Merry Christmas.
and Merry Christmas to you & yours!,… Eugene, there have been vast improvements in the “present presentation process”, since the days of actually wrapping gifts with paper, scissors, and tape!,… (that is SO “last century”!),… it’s called “gift bags”, which are available all over the place, and you simply stuff them with crinkled up tissue paper & the gift!,… and a sweet card!,… with “sweet nothings” written on it,… & signed!,… by you!,… give it a try!,… there’s a reason they are so popular, and I think you’ve figured out why already!,… God Bless & very Best Wishes for the New Year!
Merry Christmas, Georgie. And thank you for the historical perspective. I hope you have a day filled with God, family, and fun.
I am glad you’re not tattooed like that man.
Me too.
Probably mom is the one who is the most glad.