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Snoopy paper at one of those bargain warehouse stores.
I should have known better.
The first year was OK. I liked the dozens of little Snoopy faces peeking out from under the Christmas tree.
I like that Snoopy paper, I thought. It’s really cute.
The next year I discovered that I still had more than half the roll left. So once again, it was a Snoopy Christmas. I was getting kind of sick of the smiling beagle, but what else was I going to do with 40 yards of paper?
Then last year, even my friends and family got tired of it.
“Snoopy again?”they cried. “What did you do, buy a whole truckload of the stuff?”
I was beginning to resent Snoopy and his now sinister little grin, but I couldn’t bring myself to throw away the paper. I tried desperately to use it up by the end of the season, but without much luck. I must still have 15 feet of the stuff.
Every year, gift-givers find themselves faced with the same quandary. Spend big bucks on a variety of festive gift-wrap designs or settle for the monotonous economy roll that will be with you into the next
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