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Clearly, no one in that writers' room ever met my grandma Ida Lou Polcari. She taught me that, in order to wrap a beautiful ...

For most of my life, I’ve been a gift bag person. Coming up with gift ideas I can do but gift wrapping? Not so much. Folding perfect edges or cutting the right amount of paper has never come easy.

A roll of wrapping paper, tape, a hard, flat surface like a kitchen table and fun accessories to decorate! Tip: Like cutting lumber, you should measure your wrapping paper before you cut — no ruler ...

You may have already finished your holiday gift buying, but that doesn't mean you're off the hook. A gift isn't ready to be presented until it is properly wrapped, and don't think you can get away ...

Put in the Prep Work: Most people start wrapping gifts and realize halfway through they are missing materials or didn't think through the project enough, and ultimately need to start over, which can ...

Have you ever wondered why every time the holiday season rolls around, we suddenly all pretend like we know what we're doing? Especially when it comes to gift-wrapping, you'd think after decades of ...

Here are two easy ways to wrap presents that save time and money (and give a little extra pop of "wow"!) And you don't need ...

Wrapping presents in pretty paper is a weird tradition, when you think about it. It also takes on a slightly sinister, “big industry” quality when you look into its origins: Gift wrap was popularized ...

Though the arrival of the holiday season brings many exciting, wonderful things (Presents! Decorations! Peppermint in every edible form imaginable!), it also brings the one thing that all of us ...

It’s the eternal debate: to gift card or not to gift card? Pragmatists argue that gift cards are fabulously foolproof and guaranteed to be useful, while sentimentalists find them hopelessly impersonal ...