by Anura Guruge
on December 23, 2021
I love Christmas. I love Christmas presents. I love buying Christmas presents. I love giving Christmas presents. I, however, hate — DETEST — Christmas wrapping paper.
Such a WASTE.
So pointless. So unnecessary. So stupid.
Why can’t we just give Christmas presents without having to wrap them?
Yes, of course we can. My 15-year old daughter lives for Christmas. She adores Christmas. She is not avaricious. She does NOT ask for much or want much at Christmas. But, whatever she gets, she wants it WRAPPED.
The IRONY is that she is a great believer in going green.
I have, for as long as I can remember, hated the waste of Christmas paper.
I am willing to compromise. I will GLADLY use old newspaper.
When I was young, my uncle, who bought me a LOT of Christmas presents, gave them to me in pillowcases. It was his spin on Christmas stockings. All my toys wouldn’t fit into stockings so he would give me two, three or more STUFFED pillowcases. I liked that. I would do that now.
Don’t give the prattle that Christmas wrapping paper can be recycled. Recycling uses energy and as such costs real money.
We should just do away with Christmas paper.
There is all this talk about carbon emissions & fuel mileage. Why doesn’t anybody talk about the stupidity of using Christmas wrapping paper?
