- Listen, I've always been a fan of like
any of those sitcoms growing up,
that had like the gift wrapping stations
during the holidays.
I always wanted to be a part of that.
And so today, my little dream is coming true.
- Yes!
(festive music)
- We're at Nordstrom's. - Yes.
- We are at the gift wrapping station,
and we're gonna be doing one of my favorite activities.
- Which is?
- Gift wrapping.
- Oh, is that what we're here to do?
- What did you think we were doing?
- I thought I was here to get gifts.
- Oh yeah, shopping.
- I didn't realize I'd be wrapping them.
- Wrapping gifts is an art.
My mom taught me at a very young age.
- Oh wow!
- I would help her,
like pretty much the day before Christmas,
'cause she's also a procrastinator.
On a scale of one to 10,
10 being an A plus gift wrapping person,
I'm probably like, a 6 1/2.
- That's, great
with flying colors. (laughs)
I'm awful, I'm horrible.
I usually just go to the market,
and will buy like a pot or pan,
and whatever paper bag it comes in,
and I just put tape all around it,
and that's what they get, you know?
But I'm mostly, like to receive gifts, than I give them.
I think this is gonna be a good learning lesson for me
in terms of giving more.
(laughing)
- I'm happy I can help you in that area.
- Make me a better person.
- Alright, lets get some teaching happening.
- How are you? - I'm Robert
- Freddie! - Welcome!
- Hello, thank you for teaching us.
- Yeah, I'm really excited.
So what is your favorite part about gift-wrapping?
Like, what is your thought process?
- First it's the gift.
If there is a gift I wanna get
and it's a weirdly-shaped thing,
I probably won't get it.
If it's something super weirdly-shaped,
I'll just put it in a bag,
but like to me, bags feel like birthday, not like holiday.
- Wow! - And they're not special.
- Yeah.
- And the best part about this is if you happen
to find an oddly-shaped gift, we have a solution.
We have gift boxes of different sizes,
so you could actually pick those gifts that you love
and wrap 'em with your special touch.
- I just use a paper bag.
But I'm happy to know that there are boxes
for variety of sizes of objects
'cause I think that's kind of my thing too,
where I'm like, I don't.
- Yeah, just. (laughing)
- Well today, let's make that a little more special,
and figure out a way to get you on
the gift wrapping bandwagon.
- All right, let's get started.
- All right. (festive music)
I got us all three of the same items and boxes
so we could do the challenge together first,
like one big family.
The most easiest gift to give,
if you are like stumbling through like,
"What does this person want,"
is an easy candle.
- Especially, a bougie candle.
- Exactly! - Oh, a good bougie candle.
- I'm not gonna say what kind of bougie candle this is, but.
- Pretty bougie.
- [Robert] I know what get you now.
- Yes, you do.
- We all have our item, our candle.
- Yes.
- So, we've picked the right box for the gift.
And I'm gonna give you each a sheet of tissue paper.
We're gonna place it in the box, nice and safe.
So I'm gonna teach you how to pick
the right size for your gift box.
- Okay.
- You wanna match it up to the box.
Kind of get it, yourself a good eye on
how it's gonna go around.
Lift up, and tear. (paper ripping)
Okay, so we all have our paper.
Give yourself enough room to go over,
meaning like this.
But here's the thing, we wanna flip the gift over
'cause you want the top to be nice and pretty.
Now grab your tape.
Then now we wanna put it here.
Right, nice and clean and taught.
You wanna create a nice little crease
with your finger, like this.
Kinda go like this with the gift, like just graze it nicely
and then push down on the sides.
You kinda wanna get yourself a nice cornered edge
so you can see that you have probably about
an inch and a half to cut off.
See, look at it, like a nice, clean point.
Add some double-stick in here.
Put a piece of double-stick right here.
And now, you wanna seal it.
And now you wanna continue the same method on this side.
What we can also do is bend this back
so it's like a nice, cleaned edge.
- It's the bend and snap.
- Is this a tactic-- - No,
not at all, what? - Having me finish his gift?
- You did more work on Freddie's!
I ask for one piece of tape
and suddenly I'm like (laughs).
- Grab the gift on top of the ribbon
and let this be your guide.
See how it's gonna go around the gift.
Start with the present upside down.
A criss-cross.
Make sure it's nice and tight.
Guide the gift to the top.
And now we wanna tie another knot to secure the bow.
A little bunny ear and the other bunny ear.
It's like you're tying your sneakers.
And you bring it around.
Now pull it.
- That's perfect. - Grab your ends together
and then you just wanna snip.
- [Curly] Aw, thank you!
- Isn't that cute?
I love to add these other gifts to a gift.
So here's a little sage.
And you just tie it around and hide it behind the bow.
And it just adds a little extra something special
to your friend.
It could be like a key chain,
maybe their favorite chocolate.
You just slip one of these candy bars
in-between the ribbon and have it nice and secure.
- How cute! - Wow!
- It just adds something little extra.
Well now I feel like it's your turn
to show me your skills, on your own.
Let's do a little friendly competition.
- Let's do it.
(festive music)
- Okay, what are the terms?
- Okay, so I'm gonna judge you guys, on cleanliness,
creativity and timing.
I'm gonna give you both five minutes to wrap two gifts.
- And will you be cutting the paper for us
and taping and tying ribbons?
- I guided you to success,
but I will definitely help out wherever I can,
how about that?
So I already selected some gifts for you to wrap.
- [Curly] Woo hoo!
- Karina, do you mind bringing those in for me, please?
- Thank you, Karina. - Wow, hello!
- Five minutes on the clock, starts
Now. (bell dinging)
- Oh my gosh.
- Alright, first I'm gonna find the perfect box
'cause that's my strategy.
(Curly laughs)
- My strategy is to get precut paper.
Wait.
First is the tissue paper.
I forgot, oh, oh, oh, the sticker.
Where are the stickers!
(laughing)
Where are the stickers?
- I do have another set of gift for you.
- Oh no.
- Oh my gosh.
- Love, so soft and cuddly. - Oh, this is nice!
- Does this need gift wrapping though?
- It does!
- Okay, here we go.
I don't know if I got enough paper wrap.
- I forgot about to do this.
- I didn't even put this in the box.
(Robert laughs)
- Is this getting you in the holiday spirit or what?
- Yeah, because holidays equal craziness--
- Yeah, I knew that. - And stress!
- [Curly] This is like literally right
in the gifting process, I'd be like,
"Yup, this is why I don't wrap."
- This kind of goes back to your old method
of wrapping gifts, isn't it?
- Yes?
- Just wrapping tape over, what!
Curly, I haven't even looked over at yours!
(laughs)
- 10,
nine,
eight,
seven,
six,
five,
four,
three,
two,
and one!
(buzzer buzzing)
Hands up, guys.
Okay.
(laughs)
Definitely creative.
- Wow!
- How would we judge this?
I wanna start off with the first gift.
Great wrapping paper
- [Freddie] Thank you!
- [Robert] Okay, I like it.
- [Freddie] Thank you.
- Curly?
- Yes? (giggles)
- Let's look at your gift.
Okay, I love the wrapping paper.
- Thank you.
- It looks like somebody forgot a little tape on this side.
- Wow, yeah Freddie, he's talking to you.
(laughs)
- Now let's go to your second gift.
The second gift was a little bit more challenging
because you had to pick the right box.
- Yeah.
- [Robert] Freddie?
- [Freddie] It was measuring the paper for me
'cause before, I just used the precut paper.
- I amped up my challenge. - I like it.
- Oh, see, I didn't have the benefit
of choosing precut paper.
- I mean you could have, you just chose not to.
- So I love that you added on the extra detailing
we talked about.
Okay, let's check this out.
Nice and clean.
And let's see this one.
You wanna walk me through this?
- Well, (laughs)
originally, I chose the wrong size of paper.
And I wrapped the box
without putting the actual gift inside.
Look, I think that you should be happy
that I spent money on you.
- You know, got a little ribbon over it
and you added a little trinket.
(laughs)
So in your guys' honest opinion,
who do you think won the competition?
- Well, I think mine has more heart.
- I think that I actually wrapped my gifts.
- Wow! - That is true.
- So, I mean.
- It is the holiday spirit.
I, in my heart, I think you both are winners,
but she did finish wrapping the gifts.
So we got a winner here.
But you know what?
The best part about it is we had fun, right?
- We had fun! - That's true.
- And I feel like if you're ever in a situation
where you're having to wrap a lot of gifts,
have a wrapping party like we did today
and teach your friends a skillset we learned.
But if you are not a wrapping pro,
do you wanna know the best part of Nordstrom?
You can literally just shop here, drop off your gifts,
and they'll handle the wrapping for you.
- Wait, so how much extra is the gift wrapping?
- It's actually complimentary for shopping at Nordstrom.
- Wow!
- I love free!
- So do I. - So I wonder, who will take,
Oh, Look at this guy.
(laughing)
- Well, thank you so much Robert.
- Of course, thank you guys-- - Yes!
- You were so patient with us and so kind.
Okay so, holiday gift wrapping at Nordstrom.
- Lady tested!
- Curly struggled.
- Lady stepped it up a notch, I learned how to tie a ribbon.
I get to keep this, right?
- Yeah! - Can I keep mine too?
- Of course, just go. - Love it!
- This one too.
(Freddie laughs)
(upbeat festive music)