Hallmark Archives historian Samantha Bradbeer stands next to a display of early gift wrap samples. Kansas City-based Hallmark Cards, Inc., gets credit for starting the modern-day gift wrap industry in ...

In 1917, the Hall brothers sold tissue paper during the holiday season for gift wrap in a shop in downtown Kansas City, Mo — until they ran out. They quickly turned to something they had on hand, ...

You probably don't give it much thought when you pull out the rolls of wrapping paper to set about wrapping all your gifts, but modern-day Christmas wrapping paper got its start in Kansas City more ...

Chances are you're spending some of this weekend wrapping holiday gifts. Decades ago, most gift givers would cover packages with brown shipping paper or newspaper, even fabric. But gift wrap in the ...