When the kids were little and all relatives lived near each other it was not so how much how gifts are wrapped , it was more about the differing opening styles. We had the "Uncle Bob" school of opening gifts - rip the paper as fast as you can, throw it anywhere, glance at the gift and say "NEXT". We had the "Auntie Nancy" slow production of unwrapping, neatly folding the paper before looking at the gift, then looking the giver in the eye and profusely thanking them whiole others were yelling , "Ok, Ok, move on". We had the "kids" method - all kids can open one gift at the same time, check everyone else's gift and immediately try to bargain for a switch. I think the classic tho was always the "Grammie"(not me) style. While painfully slowly slipping a finger under the tape talking how about how sweet and lovely the paper was, then saying , "Nance, do you want to keep this paper?", next slowly moving the tissure paper and saying what a lovely gift , but I really don't need anything. For her finale she would hold the gift high and slowly pan around the room with it so all could see it. Afterwards, she asked if there was a receipt just in case she wanted to return it.
That's how we spent Christmas morning !
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