Christmas Wrapping Papers and Gift Tags

Sheets of Christmas wrapping paper overlap edge to edge, corner over corner, until no single pattern shows in full. Deep red panels carry prancing reindeer and holly sprigs, while icy blues and whites are dusted with snowflakes. Tartan plaids in green, red and gold sit beside candy-cane stripes, star-strewn evergreen paper, and rows of glass ornaments in purple and rust. Small paper tags, tied with string, poke out between the folds, carrying handwritten notes such as To: Anna, From: Sam, Merry Christmas, Joyful Holidays, Winter Wonderland, and Peace on Earth. Cherries, snowmen, and a candy-striped ribbon fill the remaining gaps. Nothing sits flat; every scrap tilts at its own angle, torn or cut against its neighbor. With so many colors, prints, and tag shapes crowding the frame corner to corner, the eye keeps finding one more pattern that had gone unnoticed, each scrap already its own small shape to spot.