Comments on Magpie Musing: Wrapping

I make my own gift tags each year and never write ...

2012-01-09T19:51:06.083-05:00

I make my own gift tags each year and never write my teens names on them but silly phrases or descriptors. My daughter's camera had the tag, To the girl with kaleidoscope eyes. My son had one that read "To the boy I love more than chupacabras." My husband's gift had a tag that read, "This is the best Christmas ever from the best first wife you ever had." I save those tags each year, to celebrate my quirky little self and the ones I love, ha ha ha.

Santa's gift wrapping went WAY downhill after ...

2012-01-03T13:38:28.205-05:00

Santa's gift wrapping went WAY downhill after a second kid got thrown into the mix. Suddenly, the beautifully wrapped masterpieces looked more like "OMG there are how many to wrap? And just try finding a place and time to wrap without at least one kid sneaking around!"

something tells me your mother would love giving y...

2011-12-28T23:15:21.705-05:00

something tells me your mother would love giving you this book

So what book is it?

2011-12-27T19:03:35.932-05:00

So what book is it?

Nicely done! Enjoy Christmas morning when you open...

2011-12-23T22:03:42.507-05:00

Nicely done! Enjoy Christmas morning when you open your special present. I love how you used the word "sequestered". That's what I did every year after we got to my parents-in-law's. I wish my family would allow me to use old newspapers as wrapping papers. I feel guilty every year about all the waste we create on Xmas morning...

Have a wonderful Christmas!

love your story...and Bron's comment :-)

2011-12-23T10:54:21.247-05:00

love your story...and Bron's comment :-)

The sentimentalist in me loves that your mom (and ...

2011-12-22T22:31:25.603-05:00

The sentimentalist in me loves that your mom (and you) have saved so much. The obsessive-compulsive anti-hoarder in me is not able to do it though.

What's the book?!

I don't find this peculiar at all, i find it s...

2011-12-22T19:42:51.669-05:00

I don't find this peculiar at all, i find it sweet.

I would have snapped it on and then had myself a g...

2011-12-22T19:13:51.977-05:00

I would have snapped it on and then had myself a good cry. Ahhh the holidays....

Sometimes we scare me. The parallels and all. Fu...

2011-12-22T19:13:09.781-05:00

Sometimes we scare me. The parallels and all. Funny how those simple but comforting things are still simple and comforting.

Love it. All of it. The line in the sand, yes. But...

2011-12-22T15:17:40.930-05:00

Love it. All of it. The line in the sand, yes. But mostly that you bought something for yourself and wrapped. I've taken to buying myself fun socks and wrapping them to put into my stocking ("Santa" brings something for my husband, too -- this year it's a Packers t-shirt). It's one of my favorite parts of the shopping and wrapping experience.

Beyond love this -- why can't Stumble have som...

2011-12-22T12:58:35.438-05:00

Beyond love this -- why can't Stumble have something beyond a "thumbs up"? Everyone should give themselves a gift like this. Wrapped nicely.

I love it! Santa doesn't wrap gifts here, he ...

2011-12-22T11:55:37.903-05:00

I love it!

Santa doesn't wrap gifts here, he assembles and leaves them out in front of the tree. This year we will have to tag things, since KayTar is getting gifts too big to wrap from both us and my parents in addition to whatever the big jolly guy brings.

I think this is a wonderful thing you've done....

2011-12-22T08:57:46.115-05:00

I think this is a wonderful thing you've done. I have a habit of picking up a few things for myself while I'm out present shopping this time of year, but I've never been patient or kind enough to myself to wrap it up.

I think of your mother a lot but particularly at C...

2011-12-21T23:24:31.082-05:00

I think of your mother a lot but particularly at Christmas. I think of her tree, her elegant presents, the flickering candles, etc. I was buying ornaments at Crate and Barrel the other day (have you seen their ornaments?? - they are addicting) and I wondered if your mother would like them. I only bought the ones that I thought would pass the test. :-)

I love this. I agree that it was just right. We a...

2011-12-21T20:42:33.741-05:00

I love this. I agree that it was just right.

We always reused wrapping paper and ribbons at my grandmother's house, but we weren't so systematic about the gift tags. I love that you have a box of tags written out to you.

Love this.

2011-12-21T19:30:22.612-05:00

Love this.

I bought myself a bamboo flute. Unfortunately, Fio...

2011-12-21T17:45:32.797-05:00

I bought myself a bamboo flute. Unfortunately, Fiona was with me, do it can't come from Santa.

I think that is perfectly perfect.

2011-12-21T16:48:38.758-05:00

I think that is perfectly perfect.

Your mother's wrapping of her gift to me of a ...

2011-12-21T16:48:20.338-05:00

Your mother's wrapping of her gift to me of a year's New Yorker subscription when I was a young adult is forever etched in my mind. I think of her every time I struggle to make it through the whole magazine. She must have thought I could. May we all invoke your mother during the season!

That is beautiful.

2011-12-21T15:44:39.745-05:00

That is beautiful.