To ask whether you wrap stocking presents

[BrowncoatWaffles]

DH and I having a lighthearted slightly gin-fuelled bicker as we sort the kids’ stockings.

Chez Waffles growing up all stocking presents were wrapped.

Chez DH they were not.

Of course my suggestion prevails —because I do most of the work— so our DC’s stocking presents are wrapped (albeit in tissue paper and loosely).

DH is in a grump about this and thinks it’s ridiculous even though he sees my point that it slows the DC down opening things. He just said: “This is just a weird Waffles family thing. I’m going to ask people at work whether they do this.”

Why ask people at work when you can ask a bigger sample?

So:

YABU - wrapping stocking presents is lunacy
YANBU - at course stocking presents are wrapped

YANBU. Wrapped with different papers here too. Half the fun is the unwrapping surely?

@DoloresOnTheDottedLine apparently the new ribbon was the best bit.

She hastened to redeem herself "as it was the most surprising" 😂

And despite being the most undomesticated of creatures she carefully wound each ribbon up before opening the next one. 💚

YANBU

We do stockings which are generally smaller items from ‘Father Christmas’ and under the tree gifts are bigger things from us and family/friends. I used to wrap all the stocking gifts, but it took such a long time and used to much paper I stopped. My kids still believed then, so I wrote a letter from Santa saying he wasn’t wrapping gifts anymore to cut down on waste!

Wrapping the presents means that opening the stockings isn’t over in the time it takes the child to upend and empty their stocking.

Unless it's a chocolate coin or something all wrapped. Don't know anyone who had it unwrapped!

No wrapping here!

Fruit and chocolate, not wrapped. Everything else, wrapped.

Wrapped.

They bring them into our bed and aren't allowed to start opening until one of us DH has returned with the tea. Wrapping means that it takes them long enough to get through the stocking for us to drink a mug of tea.

YANBU. Always wrapped

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius

Wrapping the presents means that opening the stockings isn’t over in the time it takes the child to upend and empty their stocking.

Yes, this!

@stayathomegardener that’s really sweet - love the fur baby in the picture too

@stayathomegardener

Dd is 21 but Father Christmas still brings hers wrapped

These look beautiful. Can you wrap for me next year please