JIN MOUSA Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I've got about a dozen to do after the kids are in bed. Not feeling particularly motivated, but this really is the best night to take care of it. Anyone else??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I think tonight would be a great night for dh and me to finish the wrapping. I'll see what he says. I'd much rather do that than fold the laundry on our bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I kicked everyone out of my house on Saturday afternoon and wrapped nonstop for 2.5 hours. Then they got home to a massive pile of presents and said, "Hey, there are no bows!" Ingrates. :glare: I love the considering, the deciding and the shopping, but not so much the wrapping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I'm sure I'll end up doing it Christmas Eve lol. I'm not wrapping the toddler's though at least. He would just be annoyed if I did. He's getting Lego duplos that come in a big tub so it's perfect as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 All of ours are wrapped and under the tree and stockings are stuffed. I had it easier this year as we cut way back on presents and I have 2 girls that love to wrap so they did most of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 We usually end up doing it on Christmas Eve while watching mass in Rome. Every year we have good intentions to get the wrapping done early...and yet for a couple of decades we've ended up with that date with the Pope. g 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuzu822 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 We were going to. Instead I’m here, and my husband fell asleep. 😒 I did get his things wrapped while he was at work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndGenHomeschooler Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I think I’m going to at least get started tonight. Mostly so I can see if I need to pick up more wrapping paper. I usually do a li on Christmas Eve but with it falling on a Sunday this year I’ll be scrambling to get everything done. Presents will need to be wrapped by Friday night so I can cook on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I wrapped yesterday because Santa came last night. (We travel and do Santa before we leave.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I'm mostly done, two? left. I want to put everything away. 2ds does have more to wrap - he said he'd be fine getting stuff back out and wrapping on the family room floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) I think I’m going to at least get started tonight. Mostly so I can see if I need to pick up more wrapping paper. I usually do a li on Christmas Eve but with it falling on a Sunday this year I’ll be scrambling to get everything done. Presents will need to be wrapped by Friday night so I can cook on Saturday. I did that once. never. again. I was up until after 2am wrapping and putting gifts under the tree. I told dh - NO ONE was allowed in the living room before 8am so I could sleep. now my kids are older - I can leave stuff out, and put gifts out as they're wrapped. when I was still doing santa - I only put santa on some of their gifts. and I let older kids be "elves" and help put things out. when dudeling started begging to help put stuff under the tree . . . .well, no more finding odd places to put wrapped presents. Edited December 21, 2017 by gardenmom5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Well it is almost 10, dh isn't home from work, and when he gets home I have to go pet sit. So I think we'll be skipping the wrapping tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS83 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I wrapped 4 tonight. I wrapped most of our stuff last week, actually. We went with big and few this year, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndGenHomeschooler Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 DS didn’t fall asleep until almost 11 so nothing was wrapped tonight. His first experience with the man cold. He laid in bed for about 2 hours moaning about his nose feeling funny. 🙄 He’d get up every few minutes to make sure I knew how miserable he was so I couldn’t pull any presents out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I've been wrapping for the last week, a little bit each night. I got a lot accomplished tonight. It's so much easier now that my son is older! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 All of ours are wrapped and under the tree and stockings are stuffed. I had it easier this year as we cut way back on presents and I have 2 girls that love to wrap so they did most of it. Wait, your stockings are stuffed? How did that happen? Do you wrap every item in every stocking? Do your kids not raid for the candy? So confused as I never wrap anything in the stockings, because Santa brings it and Santa doesn't wrap his presents, and you kids can play with the presents he bought as long as you are QUIET and DON'T WAKE UP MOM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I think we are almost done. One unwieldy one still needs to be wrapped. I need to tackle it tomorrow evening along with baking a birthday cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I need to do it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 DS didn’t fall asleep until almost 11 so nothing was wrapped tonight. His first experience with the man cold. He laid in bed for about 2 hours moaning about his nose feeling funny. 🙄 He’d get up every few minutes to make sure I knew how miserable he was so I couldn’t pull any presents out. Awww...his first man cold. I guess that means he's a man now, kind of like the Christian version of a Bar Mitzvah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Fortunately, my Type B self failed "present wrapping" quite early in our marriage. My Type A engineering perfectionist hubby took over the job that "I can't do correctly." What a shame! ;) He was wrapping some things last night. We don't have many to wrap since we're mainly a "one gift per person" family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I mind the wrapping much less than the shopping. I still have to shop. College girl came home last night, so she is going to hang with DS today while dh and I panic shop. Neither kid told us what they want!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Mine are all wrapped! Of course, here, that means popping them in bags, putting on a label and that's it! I kicked wrapping paper out of this house years ago.Me too! My mom made us a big stack of fabric gift bags and they are the best! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndGenHomeschooler Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Awww...his first man cold. I guess that means he's a man now, kind of like the Christian version of a Bar Mitzvah. LOL Usually he’s my easiest when sick. Even with stomach bug stuff he’ll be sick at night, take care of it himself, and I won’t hear about it til morning. He’s been that way since he was 4 years old. I think this time he was just overly tired. We’ve had long days and late nights and he’d been a little whiny in general. He woke up this morning back to his usual happy, energetic self. Still has a cold but it’s not bothering him. I’m going to do some wrapping this afternoon. The kids will be home alone for a couple hours tonight and I’m anticipating snooping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIN MOUSA Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Happy to report I finished everything up last night! So high five, self :coolgleamA: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I have a zillion to do! DH got a board so we can use our bed which is way better than trying to do it in our scary basement. I better get started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I'm done! Seriously, I'm doing a happy dance. I've never finished early--it's always a late night Christmas Eve panic for some reason. Wrapping is my very least favorite, absolutely most dreaded part of Christmas, which is kinda dumb since all I mostly do is put things in gift bags or boxes. But man, it raises my blood pressure like nothing else....and now it's DONE!! Woot!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndGenHomeschooler Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I’m almost done! I’m waiting for one thing to come in the mail and have to pick up another tonight but everything else for the kids is wrapped. A couple of things were wrapped twice because I mixed up the paper (I do a different paper for each kid). Then I just have to wrap DH’s gift and supervise the kids wrapping for their cousins. This will be the earliest I’ve been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I’m still shopping! Dh and I tried to finish today, but we had to cut it short to take college girl to urgent care. I think she has an ear infection! She’s an adult. WTH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I'd like to finish us tonight but I have to pet sit again around 10:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Probably. They are on the floor of my closet just sitting out in the middle. DD hasn't gone looking. BUT, their were some friends over and they were playing hide and seek and I could tell someone had looked inside the boxes. it is almost cute that whoever it is didn't think to close the box. But, it is a sign that I need to wrap. Santa's present will wait until Christmas might and until then will ride around in my trunk,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Dh does all the wrapping and usually does it Christmas eve. But we have a show that day so I don't know. Some of the stuff isn't here yet too. Only 3 things are here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I just finished wrapping everything that has arrived so far. :/ There wasn't a lot this year, because there are only four of us who will be here. And one son is getting a bicycle, which he helped pick out and is sitting in the garage waiting to be rolled in under the tree on Christmas morning. :D No wrapping there, but we might stick a bow on the seat! The other gifts were delivered to my daughter, who will wrap all but hers (which I ordered giftwrapped). That has cut down considerably on the wrapping that I have to do. I do a terrible job of it; thankfully, I had some of the Amazon gift bags from last year--those are great! I'm notorious for waiting until Christmas Eve, but the task didn't seem as daunting this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I just finished. My wrapping paper had a terrible odor to it. So strange... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I have some to wrap since it’s Benny’s birthday today, J-man’s birthday tomorrow, and we are combining the two tonight. We also have a ton of Christmas presents to still wrap. And I need to get on that too. Happy birthday, Benny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I need to wrap everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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