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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by PhyllisNJoe
In my family, santa didn't wrap gifts. My mother worked 12 hours a day and had 4 of us and a husband who was a true Italian man who did nothing lol
Everyone else I know who works, does it Christmas eve
Santa didn't wrap my gifts either. I tried really hard to convince my husband that this was the way to go, but it didn't work.
Last year, we had two friends over the day before Christmas Eve, gave them wine, and we all wrapped everything that night. Otherwise, we would have been wrapping all night on Christmas Eve because we're procrastinators.
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BargainMama
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
We have a ton of personalized canvas sacks. No more wrapping, haven't for years! I have about 8 sacks for each kid, give or take. They are nice looking, and save on wrapping!
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| Posted 12/11/18 6:01 PM |
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Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
I work 2 days during the week, I wrap them during nap time, my previous job I would do at night after bed, I also have personalized sacks and use those!
Message edited 12/11/2018 6:17:38 PM.
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| Posted 12/11/18 6:17 PM |
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alli3131
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Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Anytime if have free time. I just go into our spare bedroom and wrap. I just say don’t come i here.
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| Posted 12/11/18 6:22 PM |
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MyBabyG
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Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Usually after she goes to bed.
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| Posted 12/11/18 7:10 PM |
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ali120206
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by alli3131
Anytime if have free time. I just go into our spare bedroom and wrap. I just say don’t come i here.
This is what I do too. And I lock the door when I’m wrapping their stuff.
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| Posted 12/11/18 8:23 PM |
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Leb
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Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
There are places where you can drop off gifts and within a few hours pick them up wrapped. I’ve never done it, but as a working mom I can’t lie that it doesn’t sound soooo attractive to me. Kind of like the guys that come and decorate your house with lights.
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| Posted 12/11/18 9:32 PM |
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PatsBrat
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
I take a day off to do it. My kids are 13 and 15 but I like to keep the magic alive!
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| Posted 12/12/18 6:16 AM |
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b2b777
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by ali120206
Posted by alli3131
Anytime if have free time. I just go into our spare bedroom and wrap. I just say don’t come i here.
This is what I do too. And I lock the door when I’m wrapping their stuff.
I can't even take a pee without my kids banging down the door. Kudos to you for being able to do this!
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| Posted 12/12/18 8:48 AM |
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mommyof3girls
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by BargainMama
We have a ton of personalized canvas sacks. No more wrapping, haven't for years! I have about 8 sacks for each kid, give or take. They are nice looking, and save on wrapping!
This is what I'm doing this year. Bought a few personalize ones from Potter Barn and putting all unwrapped gifts there.
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| Posted 12/12/18 9:13 AM |
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LuckyStar
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Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
After she goes to bed.
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| Posted 12/12/18 9:23 AM |
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by Leb
There are places where you can drop off gifts and within a few hours pick them up wrapped. I’ve never done it, but as a working mom I can’t lie that it doesn’t sound soooo attractive to me. Kind of like the guys that come and decorate your house with lights.
Where is this?
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| Posted 12/12/18 9:29 AM |
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BriBri2u
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
I would take a day off from work when they are in school and get it all done.
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| Posted 12/12/18 9:37 AM |
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Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Working from home, taking time off of work, enlisting grandparents help with the kids, naptime, bedtime.....
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| Posted 12/12/18 10:06 AM |
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lightblue
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
On a weekend where grandparents watch them
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| Posted 12/12/18 10:16 AM |
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by Momma2015
I actually had a dream last night that nobody wrapped any gifts and we just handed each other a bunch of Amazon boxes and let them open that. And it made me SO sad. 
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| Posted 12/12/18 11:35 AM |
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by lightblue
On a weekend where grandparents watch them
Similarly, I am divorced, so I do on the weekends my ex has my son (and my so's son's mother has him!)
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| Posted 12/12/18 1:30 PM |
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Leb
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by beachbabe
Posted by Leb
There are places where you can drop off gifts and within a few hours pick them up wrapped. I’ve never done it, but as a working mom I can’t lie that it doesn’t sound soooo attractive to me. Kind of like the guys that come and decorate your house with lights.
Where is this?
One in Huntington Village. But I’d assume there are more.
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| Posted 12/12/18 2:28 PM |
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lightblue
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by PhyllisNJoe
In my family, santa didn't wrap gifts. My mother worked 12 hours a day and had 4 of us and a husband who was a true Italian man who did nothing lol
Everyone else I know who works, does it Christmas eve
So funny, my gifts were never wrapped as well when we were kids (I come from an Italian family also). I thought it was awesome to see all of our presents under the tree. My DH always thought that was unfathomable like " how can you NOT have the presents wrapped! Unwrapping is the best part!"
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| Posted 12/12/18 2:35 PM |
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ChristinaM128
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
I took advantage of a Sunday when my parents took both girls to their house for awhile and I wrapped everything then.
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| Posted 12/12/18 9:41 PM |
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aliwnec10
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
i take off the friday before christmas and wrap gifts while watching morning tv and enjoying my coffee in peace. 
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| Posted 12/12/18 9:48 PM |
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drpepper318
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
I’m a total night owl so we just do it late, after the kids are asleep.
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| Posted 12/12/18 10:33 PM |
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PitterPatter11
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
I wrap gifts after he goes to bed at 8. He doesn't get a ton of stuff so it doesn't take very long.
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| Posted 12/13/18 8:16 AM |
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Mrs213
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by MrsO
I usually send them off to grandma's for a long afternoon so we can wrap and get organized.
This
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| Posted 12/13/18 9:55 PM |
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alli3131
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Re: Working Moms...when do you wrap gifts?
Posted by b2b777
Posted by ali120206
Posted by alli3131
Anytime if have free time. I just go into our spare bedroom and wrap. I just say don’t come i here.
This is what I do too. And I lock the door when I’m wrapping their stuff.
I can't even take a pee without my kids banging down the door. Kudos to you for being able to do this!
It took years of teaching that unless it’s an emergency people need space. So in our house you don’t bother someone I’m the bathroom or if a door is closed unless an emergency.
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