If You Are Annoyed By All That Wrapping Junk Used In Gifts

You are not alone.

“The worst I have found is the Barbies or any doll packaging,” said Addy, 39. “Because they sew the hair to the box. You have to cut out the plastic things, so you get your wire cutters. And they have a wire wrapped around each wrist and ankle and sometimes around the body of the doll. I don’t understand what the point is.”

Walk into any Costco, Target or Best Buy and you’ll see everything from digital camera cards to children’s toys in seemingly impenetrable fortresses of plastic. That has made doing battle with blister packages, heat-sealed clamshells and dolls restrained as if they’re flight risks as much a part of the holidays as colored lights or eggnog.

There’s even a term for the anger and frustration that accompanies the bloody fingers, sore shoulders and teeth filled with plastic that come from trying to open these packages: “wrap rage.”