3 DC and only one big bag of presents

[FuckityFuckBollocks]

I don’t understand when people say they’ve been wrapping presents all day.

Eldest DC have two presents to open each, they both got new trainers too which they have already.

Youngest has a few cheap games from Lidl and a kindle fire plus stocking stuff which is all stuff he’ll use.

For family, we don’t buy individual pressies, we do a family pressie instead.

In the past, I used to buy more but most of it just ended up scattered around the house and never used so I don’t bother now. I just don’t get the need to have a big pile of pressies anymore.

It took me max two hours today including bits for one stocking, writing a few cards etc - I was watching TV too so wrapped slowly.

I don’t understand when people say they’ve been wrapping presents all day

Well, they’ll likely have had more to wrap than you, it’s not complicated to understand really.

Well done on streamlining your gifts; each to their own as I’m sure you’ll agree.

We are all different!
My DC are adults but get about a dozen gifts each then there are their partners and DC
I also buy for friends and other relatives
Probably over a hundred things to wrap in total
I have done them all this week over a few evenings whilst watching tv

That's great and I'm sure you'll all have a Merry Christmas, because after all, it really is about the company and closeness.

But why are you pretending you don't understand other people doing it differently, when you've said yourself you also used to do it differently?

YANBU to "do" Christmas however you want to.

But YABVVVU to not be able to understand that all of us are different, with different size families, and different family traditions.

What’s so difficult to understand?
People are all different.

When our kids were little we did presents from us and then presents from Santa. Now I only have one child that's young enough to get Santa presents so I have fewer but it still takes me a while to wrap. My three kids each got four presents from us and then four from Santa so that's 24 all together. Plus a couple each for each of my nieces and nephews. Ultimately the people that are taking longer to rap probably buy more presents than you. It's really as simple as that.

I don’t understand when people say they’ve been wrapping presents all day.

They’ve bought more for their kids and wider family/ friends than you, or they have a bigger family or more friends they buy presents for. HTH.

Well, I feel that you answered your own question. Your eldest DC had two gifts to open each...most people will buy more than that, so will wrap more.

I buy and wrap quite a few presents, as I think it's really fun for the kids to see, it's magical for them. I wrap small things like a bag of maltesers from a multi pack, an apple juice, hair clips, hot chocolate sachet. Little treats they can control when they have it.

Do you not have extrended family and neighbours to wrap for too?

Happy Christmas, however many presents you wrap

You sound sensible OP.

I'm sure people don't really need loads of presents.What a load of pressure on them too.

No doubt there will be posts saying what was your worst present in a few days time on here.

No doubt things will be taken back to shops and put on Ebay. Makes a mockery of it really.

Look forward to the day people start to phase all this stupidity out.

Who buys neighbours presents, unless they are very close?

Stocking presents don’t get wrapped, surely the stocking is just a glorified gift bag.

Do Christmas how you want to do it.

Not really sure what your trying to say but depending on the age of your kids and definition of 'big' 'one big bag' could contain a couple of big bulky cheap toys or a couple of consoles or a huge number of very expensive diamond ear rings, designer t-shirts and posh perfume.

That's nice dear.

Me our elderly neighbour potters around. Most weeks he brings the bin in for us and another neighbour. I would take a small gift (wine, biscuits etc) round at Christmas just to let him know he was appreciated.

Well the obvious answer @FuckityFuckBollocks is that other people buy more presents , and that doesn’t mean they are buying stuff that will just get ignored . We have adult children and they have a several presents each this year , our dog has 5 wrapped presents , my sister has 6 gifts from us and that’s without gifts for my husbands family .

I know my adult kids would be disappointed with 2 gifts, and I wouldn't be content with it either. It's not exactly very exciting, and they don't get presents from any other family member.

I've cut down this year because they're all adults but I couldn't bear to disappoint them either. Mine are getting between 5 and 9 presents (similar value) and that is less than they have ever got.

'I don’t understand when people say they’ve been wrapping presents all day.'

You don't need to understand.

What other people do has absolutely bugger all to do with you.

I’ve been busy wrapping a couple of hundred. I’m not sorry!

There are gifts inside gifts, treasure hunts, tickets for events printed out and made into cards wrapped in boxes. There’s lots I’ve made an effort with - pretty wrapping, bows, ties, homemade gift cards, reusable wrapping tied and knitted in different ways. There’s heaps of stocking fillers which are done less elaborately but there are also big, tall gifts needing extra wide wrapping paper, gifts wrapped into funny shapes to make them look like something else, themed wrapping paper for certain people.

Its fun! It takes hours! It’s like doing a craft. We have wooden stamps and ink pads, Christmas hole punches, stencils and templates for the paper and tags, fabric paints, spray paints, lots of ribbons and wooden shapes and stars. We have real holly twigs and cinnamon sticks and cloves and all sorts!

Think rowan Atkinson in love actually!

Well done you 👏

The wrapping for my GC took more than a couple of hours. The wrapping for my DC, their partners, my parents, my PIL, relatives, the dog walker, groomer and the dog (only a chew and a new puppy that she can chew the nose off within seconds, but still) took a few hours more. Consider me a failure that I’m not as efficient (or tight) as you.

Everyone’s circumstances are different OP. You’re old enough to realise that if you have D.C.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas. However you wish to spend it 🎅🏻

I envy you in a way because I'd enjoy streamlining gift giving somehow. As it is, I currently wrap for my 10 year old son (some Santa, some us), my husband, my MIL, FIL, GMIL, BIL, 2 neighbours, 4 friends and their 2 children. It would have been more but my mother, father, and sister are no longer with us. Different people will have different ways of gift giving (or not) at this time of year. It takes me ages but disabled so meh.

I think you do understand. It takes several minutes to wrap a present and you have less presents to wrap, so it's going to take you less time.
There you go.

I wrapped for 48 people this year and we buy a LOT for our 2 x DC. It took me several full days to wrap.

My children have a lot more presents than that. I have 5 neices and 3 nephews. Then there's my parents, my 3 siblings. We wrap stocking presents too.
Some people have a lot more to wrap.....
It's like saying
I don't understand why people are struggling so much, I have plenty of money.