To think the stocking is the wrapping ...

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Just that really friend horrified I’m not going to wrap my stocking fillers. She even wraps up the chocolate coins .

Very very consciously stocking presents are never, ever wrapped

The beauty of using half a pair of old tights is that no need to run into room, grab stocking, run out, pack stocking whilst worrying kid will wake up and discover stocking gone, then run in and out again. Instead you can simply fill the other leg of the tights and swap them round in one deft move

I always wrap stocking fillings , means a get a little longer in bed while they come up to
unwrap them all.
Although I did regret ever starting to wrap
them as it’s so time consuming

Ours were never wrapped growing up and we dipped, not tipped. So we don't wrap DS's. I suppose if he had a stocking and then just one or two presents under the tree, we might wrap them to make the unwrapping take longer, but he must have 20 wrapped presents downstairs so I think that's enough!

But also, when you see stocking in films, they always have one or two unwrapped gifts sticking out of the top.

We wrap everything. DH even wants to wrap DD's bike.

yabu. Santa wraps stocking presents in tissue paper.

@Preetypup guessing that was aimed at me...wow you're easily amused! It is absolutely hilarious that we get presents out of a felt bag huh!? I can barely cope with how funny that is!!!

ItWasntMe my mum used to do the same with pillow case pairs. It was years decades before I worked it out.

I think part of the wrapped/unwrapped divide comes from whether FC brings stocking filler bits or bigger presents. He always brought bigger presents to me as a child, always wrapped. He brings medium presents to DS, always wrapped.

We (I) wrap. I was disappointed when DH said he wasn’t going to wrap mine this year, so I volunteered DD1 (11) to help him out

I just love wrapping gifts, I actually miss the days when I volunteered to wrap all the Playgroup presents . My DS is 17 & I still wrap his stocking gifts.

I do a random mix - wrap a few/ leave a few unwrapped. Don’t know why as my parents never wrapped stocking things.

We wrap in special paper only santa uses.
That said theres a couple of bits that are just in there:

A keyring
A tub of slime
Chocolate orange

I ran out of bath paper and will

I've always wrapped stocking things - admittedly not as beautifully as non FC presents - and with different, cheaper paper - started that when dds were small so they wouldn't wonder why FC was using the same paper as us - and still do it for adult stockings.

Mine were never wrapped when I was a kid.

I bought some Christmassy paper bags (the sort gift shops or even sweet shops might use) for stockings - then I just roll up st one end of the bag or use one bit of tape

Regarding sugar mice, I like to get ahead so when I saw some a few years ago I bought them and stored them away. Stocking preparation time and the mice are no longer crisp and clean but have sort of melted/distorted to a scary mouse type shape. Had to be binned.

And people banging on about 'magic'? Honestly. It's Christmas, not magical unicorn pixie day. It's about family, warmth, helping others and spending time together. Magic my arse.

I'm going to print this out and put it on the fridge to repeat like a manta every time I get the guilt.

I don't wrap the satsuma, coins and sugar mouse. And I also choose another small item or two not to wrap and wrap the rest. I liked that combination as a child.

Tissue paper is fine but they should be loosely wrapped

And people banging on about 'magic'? Honestly. It's Christmas, not magical unicorn pixie day. It's about family, warmth, helping others and spending time together. Magic my arse.

All the things you mentioned help make xmas 'magical'.
The presents also make it a good time especially for the kids but they arent the b all and end all.
People can make xmas whatever they want it to be there are no rules and why people think they have the right to tell others they are doing it wrong is beyond me.

I wrap everything! Tissue paper if necessary, but all presents are wrapped.

@Willow2017 I always think this about forums - it would be a lovely place if people could say how they do things without being judged/mocked/made to feel guilty. There's no right or wrong way of celebrating Christmas, it's just interesting to hear what others do!

Now where can I get sugar mice?

Amazon. I went in all the traditional sweet shops in town last weekend and none of them had them. So next year Amazon.

Stocking presents are wrapped in this house. Stockings left at the end of their bed and the DC get into our bed with their stockings to open them.

Father Christmas still brings most presents (stocking presents and lots of the larger ones downstairs under the tree). Presents from us to the DC are wrapped in different paper. DC are 14 and 11 but this tradition will not change!!

Yes I always wrap all the stocking fillers except for the tangerine and sugar mouse and maybe the odd chocolate bauble or something. 3 DC aged 10-15, all with about 18 gifts in their stockings, plus about 10 other larger presents each - so that must mean I’ve already wrapped 84 presents - just for my kids. That’s before I even start on anyone else. One year I wrapped a bunk bed and I’ve wrapped loads of bikes over the years. Another time I wrapped a full sized trampoline with a net around it (though that was for a summer birthday) I’ve wrapped dressing tables and allsorts to be honest. DH has never wrapped any DC presents and I have no idea why he doesn’t get involved. It is quite annoying. He will wrap my gifts though.