When I am elected Supreme Leader of the US, my first edict will be

Platapus · 12-23-18, 08:17 AM

That any merchandise that is either intended to be, or could be considered intended to be, given as a Christmas present must be packaged in a rectangular box.

Any merchant in violation of this edict will suffer death by medium speed torture for the first offense.

Sigh, yes, I just spent last night wrapping presents for the grandkids. What is it with toy manufacturers and their packages!?!?!?!

All I want is a simple box that I can wrap with my extremely limited wrapping skills. I don't need a multi-faceted polygonal box based on a Fibonacci sequence!

I need at least one 90 degree angle

As for round packages? No. No. Bad manufacturer. Just. Stop.

The vast majority of toys seem to be in any shape container BUT a normal box. Why?

Do they really want to discourage Opas and Uncles from doing what they are supposed to do -- spoil the younglings at Christmas

Please have mercy on these old arthritic fumbling fingers.

Now I have to wrap The Frau's presents but at least most of them come in nice boxes that are easy to wrap.

Jimbuna · 12-23-18, 08:33 AM

Having just finished my wrapping I must concur in entirity

Eichhörnchen · 12-23-18, 09:01 AM

I leave it all to Moira (except hers of course)... she likes wrapping gifts so I guess she enjoys a challenge these days

Commander Wallace · 12-23-18, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I leave it all to Moira (except hers of course)... she likes wrapping gifts so I guess she enjoys a challenge these days

One would think you are enough of a challenge for Moira.

Skybird · 12-23-18, 09:21 AM

The secret is to bring the box into shape before wrapping it. That's what hammers got invented for.

u crank · 12-23-18, 09:25 AM

Gift bags. Only way to go.

ikalugin · 12-23-18, 10:04 AM

Can't you buy a box and place the gift (in it's own packaging) into it?

Commander Wallace · 12-23-18, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

Can't you buy a box and place the gift (in it's own packaging) into it?

That's too easy. Where is the fun in that ?

What do you normally do ?

Aktungbby · 12-23-18, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

Gift bags. Only way to go.

INDEED! NICE ONES FROM PAPYRUS CARD SHOPS DO THE JOB AND ARE REUASBLE BY THE RECIPIENT IN TURN. JUST GAVE MY BOAT CAPTAIN/NEIGHBOR HIS YEARLY RATION OF TANQUERY GIN IN ONE! THE MAN, IN HIS SEVENTIES, LOVES HIS MARTINIS.

ikalugin · 12-23-18, 10:38 AM

I do not believe in the concept of regular gifts and by my (low) individual social status I am not obliged to give them to my peers and superiors yet.

Red October1984 · 12-23-18, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The secret is to bring the box into shape before wrapping it. That's what hammers got invented for.

I like this solution best.

A few years ago I got made fun of for my wrapping skills so I just started putting presents in various sizes of brown paper bag. It started as a joke, but now I've completely forgotten how to wrap a gift properly and I'm doomed to use brown paper bags.

Aktungbby · 12-23-18, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

I like this solution best.

A few years ago I got made fun of for my wrapping skills so I just started putting presents in various sizes of brown paper bag. It started as a joke, but now I've completely forgotten how to wrap a gift properly and I'm doomed to use brown paper bags.

THAT'LL JUST BE PRACTICE FOR THE FUTURE!

August · 12-23-18, 12:16 PM

Bah Humbug!
All you really need are some stick on bows and some sense of timing.

You wait until the kids have gone to bed then bring out the presents from your hiding place. You stick bows on them and put them under the tree. Christmas present deployment complete and now it's Miller Time! We wrap presents so they look pretty in that short period of time between putting them out and the kids waking up. Hours of work for a couple of pictures and an "aww" or three before it is destroyed in the morning.

You have to realize that to a child the wrapping paper is just an impediment to getting to the present. A last often frustrating obstacle to overcome before playtime can begin. There isn't a kid ever born who would be mad that their new bicycle or Suzy Home Maker Oven or whatever else they had wanted from Santa, wasn't wrapped up in paper and scotch tape, and I daresay that there are few parents, at least the ones who are detailed with post Christmas cleanup chores, that would prefer the addition of piles of shredded paper to the job.

Mr Quatro · 12-23-18, 12:46 PM

Back in the old days ...

But I do remember a few Christmas eve's of staying up all night on eggnog
and trying to put together the doll house and the tricycle and the other packages
I just left unwrapped and put them under the tree.

Platapus · 12-23-18, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

Can't you buy a box and place the gift (in it's own packaging) into it?

I would be lying if I said that I never considered putting all of each kid's presents in to one box and hen just wrapping that one box.

But Kids like opening up the gifts. and after all, its about the kids.

12-23-18, 08:17 AM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	When I am elected Supreme Leader of the US, my first edict will be That any merchandise that is either intended to be, or could be considered intended to be, given as a Christmas present must be packaged in a rectangular box. Any merchant in violation of this edict will suffer death by medium speed torture for the first offense. Sigh, yes, I just spent last night wrapping presents for the grandkids. What is it with toy manufacturers and their packages!?!?!?! All I want is a simple box that I can wrap with my extremely limited wrapping skills. I don't need a multi-faceted polygonal box based on a Fibonacci sequence! I need at least one 90 degree angle As for round packages? No. No. Bad manufacturer. Just. Stop. The vast majority of toys seem to be in any shape container BUT a normal box. Why? Do they really want to discourage Opas and Uncles from doing what they are supposed to do -- spoil the younglings at Christmas Please have mercy on these old arthritic fumbling fingers. Now I have to wrap The Frau's presents but at least most of them come in nice boxes that are easy to wrap. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Having just finished my wrapping I must concur in entirity __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,368 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I leave it all to Moira (except hers of course)... she likes wrapping gifts so I guess she enjoys a challenge these days __________________

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The secret is to bring the box into shape before wrapping it. That's what hammers got invented for. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Gift bags. Only way to go. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Can't you buy a box and place the gift (in it's own packaging) into it? __________________ Grumpy as always.

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I do not believe in the concept of regular gifts and by my (low) individual social status I am not obliged to give them to my peers and superiors yet. __________________ Grumpy as always.

12-23-18, 12:16 PM	#13
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Bah Humbug! All you really need are some stick on bows and some sense of timing. You wait until the kids have gone to bed then bring out the presents from your hiding place. You stick bows on them and put them under the tree. Christmas present deployment complete and now it's Miller Time! We wrap presents so they look pretty in that short period of time between putting them out and the kids waking up. Hours of work for a couple of pictures and an "aww" or three before it is destroyed in the morning. You have to realize that to a child the wrapping paper is just an impediment to getting to the present. A last often frustrating obstacle to overcome before playtime can begin. There isn't a kid ever born who would be mad that their new bicycle or Suzy Home Maker Oven or whatever else they had wanted from Santa, wasn't wrapped up in paper and scotch tape, and I daresay that there are few parents, at least the ones who are detailed with post Christmas cleanup chores, that would prefer the addition of piles of shredded paper to the job. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Back in the old days ... But I do remember a few Christmas eve's of staying up all night on eggnog and trying to put together the doll house and the tricycle and the other packages I just left unwrapped and put them under the tree. __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..