It's A Wrap

When it comes to celebrating milestones, different people demand different amounts of ceremony. Some will require you to wear tuxedos and dinner gowns to the their wedding in a restored factory-turned-theater-space, wherein they will prepare a choreographed song and dance commemorating the various defining moments of their relationship. Others will go to the courthouse, sign a few documents, and send a text imploring you to meet them for beers later.

Whether it be a birthday, a successful defense of a PhD dissertation, or a housewarming party–everyone’s a little different. Not everyone wants gifts. But herein lies the one consistent rule, regardless of an event’s formality: if you’re bringing a gift, you have to put it in something festive. Because even the most casual soon-to-be mom isn’t going to stoked when you show up with a onesie still in the shipping box from VintageOnsiesRUs․com.

The problem? Wrapping is stressful. Wrap a gift poorly and you look like a degenerate. Wrap a gift too ornately and you seem like a bit of an over-achiever. Besides, not everything is easy to wrap. If you want to wrap an overstuffed plush starfish, you can either a) put it in a box and wrap that, or b) get your friend who’s an aerospace engineer to help you get the measurements and scissor placement just right so that it doesn’t come out looking like garbage.

Really, your best bet is to put that overstuffed plush starfish into a gift bag. Because the gift bag always looks good. It’s as fun-looking as wrapping paper and as easy as a shipping box. Plus, getting a gift in a gift bag rules. You’re basically getting two gifts, one of which you’re more than encouraged to regift later when you need to give someone else a gift.

In conclusion, gift bags are great. If only there was a place to buy 42 really cool-looking ones… oh wait, that’s us! OMG, what a coincidence!