what my mom and I do is we go to costco and get the plain gold and silver paper there for the whole year and then wrap our gifts in that. and we get that really cool wire ribbon also. that adds the pop to the package. I have been thinking about just making gift wrap from Christmas fabric for the holidays for just our family. I like Quilter4hireandfun's idea of making bags for their Christmas presents. I am tired of spending all the money on the paper for Christmas. Will have to talk to my mom about this idea. it should be fun to do.