Growing unease about waste has some Americans rethinking wrapping paper. Gift wrap is still a huge business. U.S. sales of wrapping paper climbed 4% to $8.14 billion last year, according to a recent ...

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...

The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options. Consider beautifully folded fabrics or understated, brown or green masking paper topped with colorful washi tape ...

Looking for a special, waste-free way to wrap your Christmas presents? Ditch the wrapping paper, bows and sticky tape for a traditional Japanese style of wrapping. Furoshiki is a tradition that uses ...

When she moved to the United States at age 5, Patricia Lee begged her parents to wrap gifts in the brightly colored paper of her new culture, rather than in the bojagi (BOH-jog-ee) — or wrapping ...

There are a lot of answers to the question “What is Christmas?” but our favorite is this: Christmas is a time of giving. That doesn’t just mean poring over gift ideas, of course—there’s also giving of ...

Furoshiki is the Japanese art of aesthetically folding square-shaped material for practical purposes, such as gift wrapping, transporting daily items or even decoration. Incorporating traditional ...

This article was originally published on Dec. 20, 2019. Under Evelyn Schellenberg's Christmas tree, gifts are wrapped in candy reds and forest greens dotted with wreaths, reindeer and poinsettias, but ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Gift giving has become an integral part of the holidays, but preparing these gifts can become tedious. Figuring out ...

COURTESY M'DORIDORI LTD. The M'doridori wraps come in four sizes and are available online and at a selection of retailers. COURTESY M'DORIDORI LTD. The M'doridori booth at the 2011 International Gift ...