To think that presents should be wrapped in wrapping paper...

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... not just flung into one of those cardboard gift bags so that this recipient has to pick things out like a shopper at a jumble sale?

Yabu

YABU

Gift bags are great. You can keep them and reuse them. Harder to do that with wrapping paper!

Gift bags are fine, YABU

Plastic supermarket bags, which is what my DH uses to 'wrap' gifts, are a different story altogether

Yanbu - DH grandma gave our Dc's Xmas presents wrapped in carrier bags?? Wtf? They are kids!

Maybe I am in an unreasonable mood! Of course there's the environmental aspect to think of as well.

When I give presents, I wrap them in paper or tissue before they go in the bag, especially when there are a few small things (unless it's something that's gift wrapped in the shop). I just think it takes the fun out when you look in the bag and see what's in it straight away, instead of slowly unwrapping it..

Babybees - I have also received 'carrier bag' presents in the past! I suppose it sounds ungrateful but surely the whole point of giving a gift is to put a bit of thought & effort into it.

I don't think ever said "first world problem" on a thread before. Is that like a first ?

I love wrapping presents but I do like a nice gift bag! I get what you're saying though... it takes away the suspense.

Mardy - I think of this as a very serious problem.

Wrapping plus gift bag is where it's at

YABU

YABU.

Anyway if you tape the bag shut with poor quality sticky tape, you get to open it AND re-use it.

My ex had a pathological aversion to wrapping presents, one occasion he cut a piece of my beautiful blue velvet and wrapped 3 books and couple of other bits up in it with string. ( this was 0930 on Xmas morning that the wrapping happened!)

Because cutting a random hunk from a swathe of fabric is much less wasteful than using some wrapping paper ( that I carefully hoard and use for card making and scrapbooking)

YABU

I love gift bags because you can re-use them. I always put adult presents in them, often with some tissue paper on the top to preserve the surprise.

Kids I mostly wrap with paper.

The only exception to this is Christmas, when I always wrap everything in paper.

If you have a really awkward shaped present, those gift bags are great.

Ingrate..

Totally unreasonable, ungrateful and wasteful. Many wrapping papers can't be effectively recycled either if they have those metal sheens on them or a plastic coating.
I couldn't care less

Yabu. My mil never wraps gifts, but she lovs her gc as much as the next granny.

Who gives a shit about wrapping paper really?

You are most posh in your wrapping :)

I do pop things in a gift bag - and recycle ones I am given.

But if someone made the extra effort with pretty tissue paper etc then it would not be lost on me.

Gift bag = OK
Plastic bag = not OK

Ingrate! I agree - and had never heard the word before. I am trying to pull myself together and get over it .

I do ACT as if I am grateful though, does that count? I will carry on with my wrapping though. I especially like wrapping in layers of tissue, with little shiny stars between the layers, so that they fall out as the person opens them

Herrera - the blue velvet is still preferable to the carrier bag wrapping, in a way. Was your ex very pleased with himself?!

Those little stars are a pain, they end up all over the floor.

Getting down to pick them up isn't so bad, it's getting back up again that's the problem.