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QueerDuck

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4. Gift bags!! The beauty is that they can be easily reused... just add fresh decorative tissue or cello.

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 02:46 PM

Dec 11

Or the Amazon bags can be reused easily too. The attached gift cards are good for at least two rounds of giving... and after that, just add a new one (easier than wrapping!)

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Pick one---wrap a gift or bag a gift. I pick using a Holiday bag to give my presents. I was never good a wrapping gifts [View all] debm55 Dec 11 OP

We give money in a bag with chocolates in it. Gave up on wrapping. OLDMDDEM Dec 11 #1

Thank you very much, OLDMDDEM for sharing with us. I agree, debm55 Dec 11 #3

Depends on the gift, and how much time I have. mwmisses4289 Dec 11 #2

Great idea. Thank you very much mwmisses4289 debm55 Dec 11 #5

Gift bags!! The beauty is that they can be easily reused... just add fresh decorative tissue or cello. QueerDuck Dec 11 #4

Yes, QueerDuck that is another reason to bag the gift. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Dec 11 #6

Bags are nice and handy, and I do use them Glorfindel Dec 11 #7

Thank you so much, Glorfindel. When my son was young , I would wrap the gifts. It was heartwarming to watch him open the debm55 Dec 11 #8

Wrapping is nerve wracking. Did I cut the right size paper, Polly Hennessey Dec 11 #9

HAHAHHAAHHHAHA. your post is a delight. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Polly Hennessey. Love, deb. debm55 Dec 11 #11

Bag it. I'm lazy MustLoveBeagles Dec 11 #10

HAHHAHAHAHA. Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles. I just lack the talent to wrap except when my son was young. debm55 Dec 11 #12

This little girl was impressed with the wrapping. Silent Type Dec 11 #13

LOL, HAHAHHAHAHA. thank you so much. Silent Type. That is so funny. debm55 Dec 11 #15

I LOVE wrapping packages. PittBlue Dec 11 #14

PittBlue, you have the gift and talent to wrap. You are so lucky to be able to do that. Me, not so much. And I bet they debm55 Dec 11 #16

Back when I bought gifts I always wrapped them. Phoenix61 Dec 11 #17

Oh wow. That sounds like a delightful bag of goodies. Thank you , Phoenix61 for the White Christmas drink, I copied the debm55 Dec 11 #20

Word of warning. If you overindulge, which I did Phoenix61 Dec 11 #37

HAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks for the warning, Phoenix61 debm55 Dec 11 #39

It really wasn't my fault. I had a Christmas party and set Phoenix61 Dec 11 #40

Toasted Hostess sounds like a good name for a drink! 3catwoman3 Dec 11 #42

That's funny, Thank you for sharing Phoenix61. debm55 Dec 11 #43

I'm a (w)rapper from way back justaprogressive Dec 11 #18

Thank you very much, my friend. From reading your cooking recipes, justaprogressive.you are a creative and talented debm55 Dec 11 #21

I get mine wrapped by the Salvation Army women at the mall for a donation. nt doc03 Dec 11 #19

LOL I used to do that too, when we had a Mall. And given for a great cause. Thank you very much, doc03 debm55 Dec 11 #22

That is one of those skills that my mother taught me. OldBaldy1701E Dec 11 #23

Thank you OldBaldy1701E You a very creative and talented. debm55 Dec 11 #24

I was Christmas help once at a department store in NJ when I was in high school. I was put in the gift wrapping beaglelover Dec 11 #25

Thank you so much, beaglelover. for sharing with us. you are a gifted and talented gift wrapping king. debm55 Dec 11 #26

Generally, I see wrapping paper as a total waste. no_hypocrisy Dec 11 #27

Thank you very much for sharing with us, no_hypocrisy. debm55 Dec 11 #32

Deb, when I was 16 years old I worked at the mall in a big department store Diamond_Dog Dec 11 #28

I think the three of us would be great together. I will be honest I can wrap like a child could. I have a BS in Art Ed. debm55 Dec 11 #33

Wrap! I'm a master gift wrapper! One of my jobs as a teen was... LuckyCharms Dec 11 #29

Wow.LuckyCharms, I would have never guessed. It does sound interesting. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Dec 11 #34

I'm a decent wrapper Niagara Dec 11 #30

That sound beautiful. Niagara. There was year that for my homeroom class, I ordered each a pencil case with 4 pencils debm55 Dec 11 #35

Gift bags. I stopped wrapping years ago. rsdsharp Dec 11 #31

Thanks my friend rsdsharp, I could do. debm55 Dec 11 #36

Well, I'd ask you to pull me one, but some people might take it wrong. rsdsharp Dec 11 #38

Cloth bags, made by my late mother. Probably about 30 years ago, when our older son would have been 5, my mom... 3catwoman3 Dec 11 #41

Thank you very much 3catwoman3. That sounds like a great idea. May the memories of your mother be a blessing to you. debm55 Dec 11 #44

I'm a pretty good wrapper at least, sometimes good+... electric_blue68 Dec 11 #45

Thank you very much, electric_blue68 . I love your creativeness and color combinations. Sometimes I used a country theme debm55 Dec 12 #47

Burlap ribbon - interesting! It would work well for a country theme. electric_blue68 Dec 12 #60

Yes, I used fabric or brown packing paper to give it that country theme. debm55 Dec 12 #61

I used calico fabric to make it more country. debm55 Dec 13 #62

I love curling ribbon. I use it on other things besides wrapping packages yellowdogintexas Dec 22 #65

Ah, very nice! electric_blue68 Dec 22 #67

My wife is a wrapper fargone Dec 12 #46

Thank you very much for sharing with us, fargone. My husband is the wrapper., I used to be when my son was young. That debm55 Dec 12 #48

Bags only for me. catbyte Dec 12 #49

HAHAHAHAHA Thank you very much. catbyte. I can the bags with the three kitties. debm55 Dec 12 #50

If I'm taking it out of the house, I use a gift bag for it. Otherwise I wrap it, unless 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 12 #51

Great idea, 50 Shades of Blue. Thank you for sharing. It is much easier.to transport them. debm55 Dec 12 #53

😂 underpants Dec 12 #52

HAHAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, underpants. Love it. debm55 Dec 12 #55

I used to love wrapping presents Jilly_in_VA Dec 12 #54

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Thank you Jilly_in_VA. I have done the bows on the postal wrapping. debm55 Dec 12 #57

I think wrapped presents are nicer.... viva la Dec 12 #56

I agree with you viva la. wrapped gifts can be so beautiful, My wrapping skills are not great. So a bag it is. debm55 Dec 12 #58

I like to wrap gifts for my wife BOSSHOG Dec 12 #59

Oh ,that is so beautiful and wonderful of you, BOSSHOG. Merry Christimas to you and Mrs. BOSSHOG. debm55 Dec 13 #63

Totally on Team Bag a Gift. Also on Team Snatch Up All The Empty Bags for using next year yellowdogintexas Dec 22 #64

Me too, yellowdofintexas.Your post is so funny. Thank you so much. debm55 Dec 22 #66