a coupla days ago i posted about my dad and how creative he is with his gift wrapping. i'm creative, too!
my creative contribution to the world of holiday wrap comes not in the form of the wrapping itself, per se, but in the tag. for the life of me, my pen will not let me write, "to: (fill in the name) / from: nancy." it just won't let me do it.
take this year, for example:
my parents don't have a computer so they can't read my blog through the year. last year, i had all of my blog posts published in a hardcover book, complete with dust cover. this year, i did it again. and on the tag it says, "to: mom and dad / from: not chaucer."
that kind of thing.
if the gift is mittens or maybe a nice, warm scarf, i'll write: "to (fill in the name) / from: frosty.
something ohio statey? "to: (fill in the name - and it's usually eli) / from: gordon gee. this year, there's something funny under the tree for somebody from jim tressel. sorry, but i just couldn't resist!
one of the things i give abby every year is a calendar. a flat calendar is pretty hard to disguise, unless you wrap it in a box or something, which i don't. so, last year, after i wrapped the calendar and it was a cinch to figure out what it was, i wrote on the tag, "sure. but what kind?"
this year, on her calendar, i wrote, "blah, blah, blah." i mean, after about 20 years of calendars, what else is there to say?
so, in conclusion, i think you can see that my dad and i sort of have the market cornered on the creative gift wrapping department.
"to: dad / from: your chip off the old block."
