wrapping paper

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But if your elastic wrapping paper has a pattern on it, stretching it this way will distort the pattern, enlarging some parts and not others.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

But every year, as wrapping paper detonates across the living room and a small mountain of objects emerges—some beloved, some baffling—I have the same unseasonal thought: This is wildly inefficient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The only thing lacking was shiny wrapping paper and a bright red bow.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024

Now behind the counter where there used to be a vat of loose dirty potatoes sits a neat row of greeting cards, wrapping paper and helium balloons.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

I was also careful with my wrapping paper.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia