Snoop, Dr. Dre, Drake...I'm the real (w)rapper...

Holy heck - can there be any more info out there on "how to wrap a gift?" One video that I watched was 22 minutes long!! 22 minutes of my life that I will never, ever get back...and for what? To wrap a piece of paper around a box? To tie a string? Thanks to Youtube I can now turn three yards of wire-edge ribbon into a bow that was last seen on a bride's cascading bouquet in 1982. (I hear the 80's are coming back...or have they been back?....you never know). Luckily, in 2014, gift wrapping can be as simple as craft paper, twine and a sprig of evergreen - boom! done! perfecto!

Unless you would like to earn a PhD in present wrapping and dedicate your life to the noble pursuit of expert ribbon curling, I've got an easy, simple, no fuss method of wrapping. For those of you that dread the wrapping of prezzies, this clip's for you.

How to wrap a present: CTV's Canada AM

Okay, now for what I really wish I could say and do on TV.... This cracks me up - it's pee-your-pants material from Jimmy Kimmel's Aunt Chippy. Here's her version (warning - foul language).

http://youtu.be/M044My4S5qA

Happy Wrapping!

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