As my son gets older the presents get less numerous and more expensive. So it’s getting better.
West coast US…it’s only just beginning.
Yeah, I just woke up, but we do Bescherung
Amazon is three weeks late for delivering our presents 🫠
Anybody else have a mother who saves all the wrapping paper? And gets mad at you if you unwrap your present in such a way as to make the wrapping paper un-savable?
Dont worry: she’s almost dead (my mother-in-law so I’m allowed to say that). She also saves old greeting card fronts and cuts them up in a haphazard way to repurpose them as gift tags. Don’t forget all the fucking flat boxes no one uses anymore but by God, they will be saved!
Yeah, my mom does all that, too. Does your MIL wash and reuse zip-lock bags as well?
No, but she’s got a collection of takeout containers to store the leftovers of everyone in a 5 mile radius.
My mom wasn’t quite that bad, but we do have heirloom cardboard boxes and tissue paper for wrapping clothing. You always knew if you saw that shape under the tree that someone was getting clothes. My sister inherited the boxes and they still make the occasional appearance at family get togethers. Meanwhile I inherited the need to flatten, fold, and store tissue paper that is still whole.
My nieces birthday was last wednesday, her party was saturday, today is christmas, on the 26th is my other neaphew’s birthday. I’m broke, tired and fat
Someone lives rich. Mole hill at best over here.
Lifehack: Gift bags save lots of time and are reusable (especially if you mind the design)
Every parent right now: wrapping paper 1, trash bag 0. 🥲 Pro tip: keep a big box by the tree and toss as you open—saves the post-gift chaos.
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