I love wrapping presents, and I'm very good at it. My first job when I was 14 was in this trinket store in the mall as a seasonal employee, we did a lot of gift wrapping. This old lady who had worked there forever taught me how to "professionally" wrap and I had a knack for it. Odd shaped objects still throw me for a loop, but I save boxes throughout the year for those. I always have to line up the seams on the edge of the box (no visible seams, they're worse than VPL!) and I get all fancy with the ribbons and bows. Oh, and all my wrapping papers have to coordinate with each other, and it all has to coordinate with my tree decorations. Yeah, I'm a pain in the butt - but's it's worth it when it's all done and they look so purty.
My mom is the polar opposite. She hates wrapping with a passion! She'll just use gift bags or shirt boxes printed with a design on them. Sometimes she'll grab the empty bag away from you after you take the present out, then run back into the bedroom and stick something else in it. For birthdays, she never wraps stuff. I'm lucky if a birthday gift doesn't come in the shopping bag, complete with receipt. I think she does it because she knows it drives me nuts!!