Let\’s not get a bad wrap! With gift-giving season upon us, we have to think about wrapping paper.

Much gift wrap these days seems to come in long rolls. It\’s so very different from the tissue paper I knew when I was growing up.

I suppose that items in large, bulky boxes are why gift-wrap rolls were designed. I can\’t always find tissue paper; and cutting out pieces from a big roll of paper can get both awkward and wasteful. (My mother always saved gift wrap to re-use!)

But you can get creative, if conventional gift wraps aren\’t your style. I\’ve come across suggestions such as making a drawstring sack from a pretty fabric remnant, if your sewing skills are up to it; and putting the gift inside. Or use burlap sacking tied with twine, for a \”country style\” Christmas.

Another idea was using the colored comics pages from the newspaper. I don\’t think I want to try that one. Newsprint tends to rub off; but all the same, it\’s appropriate for a joke-style present.

Now let\’s get really crazy! How about using a cycling jersey? That would be especially good if the gift is cycling-related. Whatever you do, just don\’t make it a bad wrap.