1.   Airlines and retailers recommend mailing wrapped gifts this year, or putting them inside checked luggage, rather than carrying them on the plane.

2.   Christmas retailing conjures up images of fanciful window displays, richly wrapped gifts and department-store Santas.

3.   In shimmering niches displaying a collection of creamware, tiny wrapped gifts and still more red fruit add dots of color.

4.   Ngo said he liked Ms. Sanchez, especially after she recently attended a local festival, where she rolled up her sleeves and helped wrapped gifts.

5.   The handsomely wrapped gift from Christie and the Bills will buy him some time to correct his mistakes.

6.   The most useful bit of advice for passengers coming to PBIA would be not to bring wrapped gifts, De La Rionda said.

7.   The staff, in their long black uniforms with starched white aprons and caps, setting out piles of gorgeously wrapped gifts underneath the tree.

8.   They stopped traffic briefly and presented her with a large wrapped gift.

9.   Travelers were warned, for example, not to carry wrapped gifts, because security officers might want to inspect them.

10.   Under a Christmas tree in the living room were piles of brightly wrapped gifts.