I hate wrapping presents. I hate taking the time to make sure the corners are crisp and I hate even more how it looks when you don't. I hate stick on bows, but unfortunately for me, I haven't been able to pick up my mother's gift of making home-made bows.
On holidays and birthdays, everyone in my family looks forward to getting a gift from my mom. It's really amazing to me how she can take a spool of ribbon and turn it into something so festive. 
Both my older and younger sister have picked up at least a portion of her talent. Unfortunately, I can't say the same goes for me.
My feeling about wrapping gifts is no secret in my family, so every year at Christmas, it has become a source of merriment for them to see how I've adorned my gifts. One year I used brown paper, twine and fake stems with cherries - cute concept, but my delivery was a bit off. Another year I decided to throw everything in gift bags - it got the job done, but it wasn't very exciting.
This year, in an effort to 1) satisfy my desire to not wrap any gifts and 2) lessen my impact on the world, I've decided to give the gift of going green. Instead of putting my gifts in boxes or gift bags that will be thrown away, I'm going to put everybody's present in one of those canvas bags that they can take to the grocery store.
I'm encouraging everyone else to do the same, or at least take a page from my older sister and mom's book - if you must put your gifts in boxes, gather them up after all the presents are opened and use them again next year.
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