Helpful Holiday Hint

Too late for Christmas last year, I read somewhere that a gift's wrapping significantly affects the recipient's perception of the gift. For example - if you take a gift and wrap it in a brown sack sealed with duct tape, the receiver will like it better than if you gave them the same gift in fancy wrapping paper with an extravagant bow. The wrapping sets you up - either it builds expectations higher than you can meet or lowers them so the gift is surprisingly better than expected.

That said, I think I'm going to let the kids do the wrapping this year!