Wednesday, December 24, 2008

And Now, Vince's Uncle Roberto with How To Wrap a Christmas Present


To wrap a gift, first gather your materials and lay them out on a clean, flat work surface. Place the box containing the gift along the length of wrapping paper and unroll enough paper to wrap it around the box, leaving at least a 2-inch overlap. Make sure there is enough wrapping paper at each end of the box to cover the ends completely when folded over them. Eyeball the wrapping paper at the ends of the box. Trim away any extra paper so that the remaining flaps are long enough to cover the box but short enough to fold over smoothly into flaps. Bring one lengthwise edge of the wrapping paper to the center of the box and secure it with tape. Turn the opposite edge of the paper under approximately 1 inch and bring this to the center of the box as well so that it overlaps the first edge, and tape it down. Bring the upper flap down against the side of the box, making sure the flap is sharply creased at its folds. Tape the flap to the box. Repeat for the opposite end of the box.

Personally, I don't have a lot of time to wrap my own gifts. I usually give booze, and the liquor stores have gift bags. So that usually works out. But other times, I'm giving a gift to an alcoholic or a kid, then that's when I go to the car wash to grab some Toby Keith or Bobby Brown CDs. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon!

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