Get Christmas wrapped up this year with the world’s first and foremost gift wrapping guru
Nearly six million Brits admit to basing gift choices on whether they can wrap them… if you’re one of them, don’t miss this!
Do books and boxsets frequently fill your Christmas shopping lists simply because they’re easy to wrap? Do you long to give a guitar, a stuffed toy or a boomerang but fear ending up in a heap of ripped and scrunched wrapping paper?
Well don’t despair, you’re certainly not alone with new wrapping research released today showing that nearly six million of us have purposely not bought a gift someone wants because we were worried about wrapping it.
The survey found that the top three most difficult presents to wrap are a cuddly toy, a bike and a bottle of wine, with other difficult presents people have endured to wrap including a didgeridoo, antlers and even a Cortina MK3!
Considering how poorly many of us seem to rate our wrapping skills, you would think we would leave ourselves plenty of time to get it right. Yet 30% of people admit they always leave wrapping presents until Christmas Eve and, in between mince pies and carol services, inevitably end up rushing it.
According to the study by Sellotape, the average Brit spends an hour and 50 minutes wrapping Christmas presents each year, but whilst 53% of men said they did all of their wrapping in between half an hour and an hour, only 23% of women were so quick.
Over the Christmas period Brits will buy and use enough Sellotape to go around the world twice, making sure their presents are securely wrapped and peek-proof. And no wonder, as when it comes to the excitement of unwrapping – some of us simply can’t wait till the morning of the 25th. Almost a third of us admit that at some point in our lives we’ve undone some of the wrapping around one of our Christmas presents before the big day.
That’s where Arona Khan comes in. According to Harpers & Queen, Arona was the world’s first gift wrapping consultant and her passion for her “art form” has seen her share her tips and techniques around the UK and Europe, across the United States and in Japan where she was described as the world’s foremost gift wrapping expert. She even received an invitation to train the Prime Minister’s staff at 10 Downing Street.
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