Christmas Present Wrapping

Finding the presents was the easy part but wrapping it was the harder part. She never cut it correctly or the corners tore and she often gave up, dumping the wrapping on the floor. She refused to let her parents help, she wanted to learn for herself so she could do it herself. "Please just let me help, let me cut the paper for you," her mother suggested. 

"No! I want to do it!" she insisted. 

"But..." her husband interrupts her. 

"Let her do it herself, otherwise she'll never learn!" he reminds her. 

"I know but...." she began. 

"There are no buts!" he says. The mother huffs and walks out of the room leaving the pair to do it alone. Her father watches her and assists where he can. He holds the tape in his large fingers and she takes it, delicately placing it onto the presents. Her tongue pokes out as she wraps.  "I think your mother might be onto something," he chuckles. 

"Not you too!" she snaps. 

"Okay kiddo, forget I said anything," he said and gently rubbed her back, "do it your way, whatever way you find easy!"  

"My way is the easiest!" she giggles as she rolls up a huge amount of wrapping and tapes it into place. He tries to suppress his chuckle at her ugly way of wrapping. 

"At least we'll know which presents are from you I guess," trying to joke and put a light spin on the events unfolding in front of him. "I'll have to show you the proper way of wrapping one day, but this will do for now." He hands her a ribbon for her to tie on which she easily gets tangled and gets a knot stuck on the end and only pulls it tighter. He looks at the floor, it's covered in glitter, tape and pieces of paper everywhere. "My little princess, and her special way of wrapping," he chuckles watching her struggle with the paper again cutting it a slant and not a straight line. "Who even taught you this way?" 

"Myself," she smiles proudly. 

"Of course," he chuckles, "no arguing with that," he watches her wrap up the last present and placed it under the tree. While most of the families' presents were wrapped up neatly, their daughters were all wrapped up in their own little way creating an interesting display of presents.

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