I don't know how spectacular your gift-wrapping skills are, but my wrapped presents usually end up being 75 percent tape, 25 percent wrapping paper. This always bums me out, because Christmas-themed ...

For all those irregular-sized gifts, Suss suggests measuring the gift and then assembling the paper without gift inside. Then, leaving one side open, the gift can be placed in the wrapping like it is ...

Consumers in the U.S. spend billions of dollars a year on wrapping gifts, in most cases to make their presents look as good as possible. This includes money spent on paper, boxes, ribbon and pretty ...

They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might be right. Two colleagues and I wondered whether all that time and effort is actually worth it. Does a beautiful ...

HOUSTON – Even though wrapping gifts is a dreaded task, it gives your present an extra personal touch and it will definitely save you some money. To help you upgrade your gift-wrapping game this ...

Though the arrival of the holiday season brings many exciting, wonderful things (Presents! Decorations! Peppermint in every edible form imaginable!), it also brings the one thing that all of us ...

It is hard to see a way around a poorly wrapped gift; the very nature of gift-wrapping at Christmas is individual and secretive. That's why a woman online, bad at gift-wrapping, asked her wife to wrap ...

Mia Canada isn't easily intimidated by stacks of naked presents that pile up during the busy holiday season. The owner of a gift-wrapping boutique called That's A Wrap! in Atlanta used to be a gift ...

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This piece originally appeared on The Conversation. They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might be right. Consumers in the U.S. spend billions of dollars a year on ...