I was an internet shopper this year and had gifts directly mailed from whomever I ordered from, to my kids located on each coast. For a couple of the online gifts, I also ordered gift wrapping to a tune of $5.95 each.
When the kids were young, I would wrap everything real pretty with beautiful paper and ribbons and each year had a color theme. One year, all gold and green wrapping, the next blue and silver wrapping and so on.
This year I'm traveling to Reno for the holidays and didn't put up the tree at home so I had no gifts to display. I try to be a little imaginative - I also mailed gifts via USPS where I wrapped them in decorative tissue paper and attached ornaments to serve as toppers. One small box wrapped in tissue paper was put in a silk pouch and tied with ribbon. My daughter's dog will be getting homemade doggie biscuits enclosed in tupperware which I will place into a decorative Santa's stocking.
Like I said, I was much better at wrapping when the presents were displayed around the tree for all to see.
