Boring questions - do you wrap stocking fillers or just put them in as they are?

[lottieandmia]

How lazy is it not to wrap them?

[NotGoodNotBad]

Wrap everything, or the fun would only last 2 minutes.

[lottieandmia]

Thanks everyone. The consensus seems to be to wrap everything then. Ok, will do....

[sykadelic15]

As a kid they weren't wrapped and I can't say it bothered me at all. Regular presents however always were :)

[newgirl]

I didn't know people wrapped!

[honeybeeridiculous]

Always wrap, more fun!

[PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline]

I bought giant stockings that fit every present in so we never wrap anything.

[kiwidreamer]

Like a PP said, wrap the good stuff like lego etc and leave the pants / hair brush / colouring books unwrapped :) so about 70% wrapped.

[Wingdingdong]

Wrap! But minimal Sellotape - the DC aren't old enough to be able to do the tape themselves if it's secure, and I CBA to do the wrapping AND unwrapping.

I definitely don't use scraps though. DD caught me out when she was 2.5 by noticing that FC used the same paper as us... I now buy stocking paper from a different shop.

[goingmadinthecountry]

Wrap everything (neatly, edges of paper folded in etc) in the Santa wrapping paper that is different from the proper presents, and that is never left out for the children to see. I make a big effort not to put boring stuff in. I would probably relax it a bit as older 3 are 20, 18 and 17 but little one is 9. Anyway, mine were always craply wrapped as a child and I still remember not fab Christmas mornings as the only child of a vicar.

[merrymouse]

Wrap except for coins and obligatory satsuma in toe.

[WeAllHaveWings]

Definitely wrap. First thing ds does is empty stocking on our bed and then starts unwrapping, one of the best bit of Xmas (worst bit is all the bloody wrapping!)

[ErrolTheDragon]

Wrap except for coins and obligatory satsuma in toe.

I'd just typed an almost identical sentence before I saw yours .

I sometimes don't wrap the sugar or chocolate mouse but this year I have.

My childhood stockings always used to have some nuts in the toe too - no idea why, I couldn't crack them myself. DD gets a pack of honey roasted, much better.

[lottieandmia]

I managed it find sugar mice this year!

[lottieandmia]

To not it

[CalamitouslyWrong]

It's part of the fun of stockings I think to pull something out and guess whether its new pants or a cool toy before you unwrap.

Yes. It's like a lucky dip in this house. I always think that stockings are about the presentation more than the contents. It's no fun if nothing's wrapped. I wrap the satsuma and the bag of chocolate coins too. This year I've wrapped up individual lindors (various flavours) too to ensure a large number of small packages.

My mum hardly used to wrap anything at Christmas. She'd go wildly overboard with everything. My sister and I would get several stockings each filled with unwrapped stuff she'd clearly given no thought to. Most of my stocking would be stuff my sister liked (after eights, mint aero and other abominations) even though my mum knew I didn't like them. My mum would also fill multiple Santa sacks with unwrapped presents that she'd bought because she'd seen rather than because she was thinking of us (if you see what I mean). She'd wrap about 3 of those presents. It would still take all morning to get through the piles, such was the volume.

In response, I wrap everything (to a ridiculous degree) and I make sure that everything in the stocking and present pile is carefully chosen with the recipient in mind. For example, I buy white chocolate for DS1 because he prefers it, and milk chocolate for DH (DS2 gets a mixture because he'll eat anything chocolatey). They all get socks and pants though, because Christmas isn't Christmas without new socks and pants! The boys get much smaller volumes of presents under the tree, but they are always things they'll love and I wrap them nicely (with ribbons and stuff this year).

[WhispersOfWickedness]

Not wrapped here. Mine weren't wrapped as a child and there's no lasting trauma
One of the main reasons I don't wrap is because DS 4yo is such a delight to buy presents for, he greatly admires and plays extensively with every single present he is given before he will move onto the next - great for earning brownie points with elderly relatives but the time taken would mean he'd still be opening stuff from his stocking next Christmas...

[ZombieSquirrel]

I've never wrapped. I think the ability to be able to literally pull them out and see what they are, or feel then through the stocking as you take them out, is one of the best bits! I don't know anyone who wraps them- it is a bother and mess, and I also think it makes more sound when you put the stocking on the end of the bed, with crinkling.

[hallowisitmeyourelookingfor]

All stocking presents wrapped except for the orange and chocolate coins. I thought everyone did this!
Wrapped properly (I mean neatly not scruffily!) in different FC paper, they each get their own sort.
My favourite part of Christmas, all piled into our bed with the DC squealing while they open their presents. DS has just started to understand opening presents - it will take forever :)

[AlpacaPicnic]

Wrap everything here - even though it's mostly chocolate.
But i do use scraps, not separate paper because we are all in our thirties too old to 'believe' anymore.

One daft gift we bought last year for someone was a crate of coke. We wrapped every single can separately. He loved it and didn't unwrap them until he was about to drink a can, so that every day felt like Christmas!

[GhettoPrincess001]

Wrapped stocking filler presents ? Wtf ?

I'd never ever heard of this before I helped out at a fundraiser wrapping other people's presents. Someone came along an wanted a few bits and pieces wrapped, albeit they were just regular toiletries to go with the rest.

I was so incredulous at this I asked a friend of mine if she wrapped hers. She said yes !

Oh well, each to their own.

I actually think to say it's lazy not to wrap stocking filler presents is very rude.

You might as well wrap the whole Christmas Tree and open that on Christmas Day as well. Ye gods ! You've got to draw the line somewhere.

[AngryBuddha]

Wrapped, also FC uses different paper to me.

[BigArea]

I posted a thread asking the very same question OP and a genius MNer suggested Ikea paper bags - I've just done all DDs stocking bits in them, they look fab and it was so quick and easy - result