{"id":2025,"date":"2011-12-09T11:26:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2011-12-09T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:27:30","slug":"2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2011\/12\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"That’s a Wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know it’s not exactly an original sentiment, but this is my favorite time of the year. Or, at least, it will be once finals are over. I adore the Christmas season – I love the story, the music, the decorations, the time with family, and I love the wrapping paper.<\/p>\n

Christmas wrapping paper embodies a part of the happiness of the holidays. Seeing role upon role of the colorful\u00c2\u00a0paper crammed into bins down holiday<\/p>\n

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aisles at the store, one can’t help but think of some of the best parts of Christmas – Santa Claus, Christmas trees, a friend or family member’s face as they open an unexpected gift, the anticipation of Christmas morning. Looking through the bins of paper always makes me smile – sometimes because I like the patterns, and they make me inexplicably happy, but sometimes because they’re so terribly cheesy or awful that I can’t help but want to laugh.<\/p>\n

Whenever I walk into a store at this time of year, the holiday aisle(s) have a nearly magnetic draw, mostly because of the wrapping paper. I love looking at the different patterns: traditional, funny, religious, modern, shiny, movie or television themed. I love to judge which patterns I like, which ones I think are cheesy, and which ones I could imagine certain people buying. It’s always difficult to remind myself that I already have plenty of wrapping paper already.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the best part about wrapping paper is actually wrapping things and getting creative with it, like the girl in the picture above. Although, that might be going just a little bit overboard. \u00c2\u00a0If you’re looking for some creative wrapping ideas this website <\/a> has some good ones.<\/p>\n

Wrapping paper is a funny thing. It’s technically pointless, yet nothing says it’s a gift more than wrapping a present in patterned paper that’s just going to be thrown away. It’s such a personal thing too. \u00c2\u00a0Everybody has their own style of wrapping. One person’s wrapping may look like \u00c2\u00a0a train ran over it, while someone else’s may look like a piece of art – so beautiful that you almost don’t want to rip the paper off. \u00c2\u00a0Almost.<\/p>\n

That’s a wrap for the semester.<\/p>\n

Happy (almost) Holidays and Good Luck on finals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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