A Man's Guide To Giftwrapping

Christmas is close at hand and, if you're like most men, there is one part of the whole gift giving process that you are stressing out about: Wrapping the gifts you plan to give.  This can be very stressful for men because, to be honest, many men suck at wrapping gifts and most people assume that all men suck at gift wrapping.

Many men's attempts to wrap Christmas gifts look so bad that it is an embarrassment to themselves, the people they give the gift to, their families, and society in general.  This embarrassment is why I am writing this guide.  Rather than giving men tips on how to correctly cut, fold, and trim the wrapping paper so that it looks nice, I am giving men tips on how to avoid the whole gift wrapping process alltogether while also giving giving great looking gifts.

Step One: Buy the gifts you want to give.  Go out and buy all the gifts that you intend to give.  You should buy your gifts in advance so that you can make sure you have them in time, but if you're shopping last minute this guide will also help you.

Step Two: Measure your gifts.  Pictured above is a tape measure.  If you don't have one, GET ONE!  Take out your tape measure, which you should have because you are allegedly a man, and take measurement of the gifts you have bought.  Take exact measurement but allow some room so that the person you are buying gifts for can shake them and guess what's inside.  Write these measurements down on a piece of paper, or input them into your phone or iPod Touch or Blackberry or other digital device that you are tethered to.  Remember to take these measurement with you for the next step.

Step Three: Go to a craft store.  If you don't know where a craft store is, you have Google, FIND ONE!  Although, don't go to Hobby Lobby because they suck.  That's not a political statement, their selection really sucks.

Inside the craft store you can find a great many things with which you can make a great many things, but you are not there for the great many things.  The reason you are going to the craft store is so you can find gift boxes.

Festive holiday gift boxes that look good on the outside and take very little effort to put together.  Use the measurements you obtained earlier and brought with you to the craft store, RIGHT?, and buy boxes that the presents you bought can fit in.  Don't worry if the boxes you buy are a little too big, just worry if they are a little bit too small.



Step Four: Put your gift in a box.  No really, put all the gifts that you bought in the boxes that you just bought.  You should seal the boxes with tape so that they stay closed until the big day.

And there you have it, you're done.  You have put a series of boxes in another series of boxes that look pleasant to other people.  Also, because you used gift boxes instead of gift wrap, you can reuse the gift boxes, and really impress that one person in the office who's really into recycling.