By this point in December,
most people have already assembled enough gifts to begin thinking about
wrapping them (unless you buy everyone e-vouchers, in
which case, your soul should be with you in 8-10 days, non-priority shipping).
We like to disguise our
gifts, mostly to keep our friends and relatives from guessing what’s inside
them until they snap on Christmas Eve and have an uncontrollable fondle. But
did you know that your choice of wrapping says a lot about you? Read on to find out what your paper reveals about your Christmas personality. See if you can spot yourselves!
Your paper: Has owls,
foxes or similar trendy hat-wearing woodland animals on it
What it says about you:
This year, your wrapping material
and most of your Christmas shopping was achieved in Paperchase. Your favourite
thing about Christmas is the return of the festive lattes to the
coffee shops. You probably own one or all of the following: a jumper with a fox face on it,
button-up mittens, a File-o-Fax.
You’ll get everyone:
Copies of the novel you finished this year.
You’d love: A new laptop carry case or a Starbucks gift card.
Your paper: Remnants from
last year
What it says about you:
Wow, is it really
Christmas already?! You are like, so totally swamped, what with work and things and
stuff and parties and socialising and that. Thank God you found this lurking in the back
of the airing cupboard. It’s slightly wrinkled, but if you pull it really taut
around the gifts, people won’t notice, right? Right?!
You’ll get everyone: It
doesn’t matter – as soon as it’s wrapped, you can’t remember it.
You’d love: To wake up on
Christmas Eve and find the wrapping done.
Your paper: Is traditional,
festooned with bows and individually tagged
What it says about you:
Your house looks like Christmas prematurely came (in both senses of the phrase).
You planned your gift list in October, had it all bought by the first week in
December, and everything was wrapped and under the tree by the time the first
carollers came a-knocking. You made a ‘wrapping playlist’.
You’ll get everyone: A
festive centrepiece, home-delivered
You’d love: A personalised
2014 calendar
Your paper: is tin foil
What it says about you:
You saw the Christmas episode of Gavin
and Stacey and thought Smithy’s foil-wrapped gifts were hilarious/a bloody
good idea. You do all of your shopping on one day, preferably within your lunch
hour, in one shop. Frankly, to do it any other way would be daft.
You’ll get everyone:
Pretty much the first thing you see.
You’d love: Whatever you
bloody well asked for. I mean, it’s not that difficult, is it?!
Your paper: comes in three
complementary patterns
What it says about you:
You and your partner give out cards with yourselves in silly hats on the front.
You’re hosting the Christmas party, you’ve made sure there’s a nut roast
for Joshua’s vegan girlfriend, and you get everyone to take their shoes off
when they enter. You made your own Gingerbread house.
You’ll get everyone:
Homemade jam (it’s a touch runny, but it’s OK, you wrote “Watch out, I’m a
dribbler” on the cute label)
You’d love: a mug with a
cosy on it.
Your paper: was whatever
Boots had near the till
What it says about you: You
have all the patience of a three-year-old with a full bladder. You have five
rolls of the stuff left over due to buying so much to accommodate your habit of
wrapping and re-wrapping. You dread Christmas prep and bought Gluhwein in
abundance to prepare yourself.
You’ll get everyone: the
most awkward shaped gifts, much to your own dismay.
You’d love: to regain
feeling in your taping hand.
Your paper: has ruled
grids on the inside
What it says about you:
This year, the person you usually get to do your wrapping snapped and told you
to ‘bloody do it your lazy self’. Any kind of decision panics you. You leave
wrapping until the last minute and have to sleep under scraps of it in front of
the tree to intercept the early risers.
You’ll get everyone:
Something they can clearly see through the gaps where it doesn’t quite meet
You’d love: Stuff in posh
boxes you can keep and recycle for next year
Your paper: has a comedy
slogan/cartoon characters on it
What it says about you: On
Dec 1st you tweeted a picture of you wrapping up your cat. You accidentally
mix your drinks, and end up wincing and pushing away your Auntie’s hand when
she offers you a Christmas Day Bailey’s. You can’t enter a room without
screwing up your face and bellowing “IIIIIIIIT’S CHRIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAS!”
You’ll get everyone: Novelty
gifts, such as jellybean-pooping reindeer.
You’d love: Novelty gifts,
such as jellybean-pooping reindeer.
