{"id":8929,"date":"2015-12-08T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=8929"},"modified":"2015-12-05T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T21:54:43","slug":"top-ten-reasons-i-hate-wrapping-christmas-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/top-ten-reasons-i-hate-wrapping-christmas-presents\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Reasons I Hate Wrapping Christmas Presents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Many<\/a>We’re celebrating Christmas with the kids and grands early, so this week is wrapping week…not my favorite activity for these ten reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 I grew up trying to force reused, wrinkled wrapping paper that was always too small around boxes that were too big.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Next we topped the wrinkled paper with old bows, all of which had lost their sticky.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 We always ran out of Scotch tape before we were done.<\/p>\n

7. When we ran out of Scotch tape, Mom showed us how to use masking tape rolled inside out to hold the wrapping paper together. This tactic worked approximately 50% of the time.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 She told us to use rolled up masking tape to stick bows on the packages, too. That worked approximately 25% of the time.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 All of the above traumatized me, so I now avoid wrapping paper whenever possible.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 So I’m in a catch 22 situation: If I seek immediate treatment for my wrapping paper phobia, I will not have time for wrapping presents.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Plus, as a result of the tendon I severed 2 months ago, my left thumb has a bad case of oppositional defiance disorder (ODD) and is in therapy, too. Which means even less time for wrapping presents.<\/p>\n

2. Though gift bags are the obvious solution to my gift wrapping issues, I am too much of a cheapskate to buy them. So I’ve developed this habit of saving gift bags from year to year and store them in a big drawer.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Every Christmas season, when I open the drawer and see the big pile of wrinkled gift bags, I realize that I’m more like Mom than I want to admit. And I thought Christmas was designed to gloss over harsh realities like that.<\/p>\n

How about you? Do you love or hate wrapping presents? Tell us why in the comment box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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