He’s coming to town

This year's Christmas wrapping theme was actually a case of reverse engineering.

It all started with these Santa Claus clips. 

These clips are almost 5 years old. Mark and I bought these in Tokyo, at one of our favourite black holes, Flying Tiger. It was near Christmas that time, that's why they had holiday stuff out. My purchase that day included 6 boxes of these clips.

After unearthing it in my closet, it was clear that this had to be part of 2022's Christmas wrapping theme.

Luckily, National Bookstore had Santa-themed wrappers out early. Believe it or not, these wrappers were on display as early as July this year. It was a sign!

The Santa Claus print in this wrapper had a bronze scarf against his classic red suit. It was natural that the ribbons for the year would echo these 2 colours.

Then, there were the tags. I designed these with different Santa Claus prints, from the classic to the whimsical.

With all these elements in place, this is how this year's Christmas wrapped gifts looked like. It's a mix of something very traditional with touches of colour and whimsy.

After many years, Santa Claus has finally come to town!