For the kids do you leave items in the package? Our gifts were never in the original box. I am guessing this was b/c Santa doesn't have Mattel of Fisher Price at his workshop or something along those lines.
We leave stuff in the box, unless it is big. Like DD is getting a suitcase, so that will be out. But a Doodlebear and barbies, will stay in the box. I guess it depends too how much time you have to preassemble everything.
I will be un packaging everything and wrapping the stuff in gift bags. Toys will be working and ready to play with! I hate the packaging stuff comes in, I don't want to deal with that and battery install as he is unwrapping stuff.
We did a big tool bench one year. That was out of the box and put together. Last year was a DSi. That was wrapped in the box, but it had been taken out and charged before it was wrapped. I guess it depends on the gift for us.
We're just doing big gifts this year - with a few small things. But I like having them ready to play with. At Evan's party it took us forever to unpackage and assemble stuff.
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We did a big tool bench one year. That was out of the box and put together. Last year was a DSi. That was wrapped in the box, but it had been taken out and charged before it was wrapped. I guess it depends on the gift for us.
I don't remember what happened when I was a kid.
We're just doing big gifts this year - with a few small things. But I like having them ready to play with. At Evan's party it took us forever to unpackage and assemble stuff.