What exactly is the purpose of tissue paper?

Question

I mean the kind you use when wrapping a gift. NOT toilet paper.

Answer 1

Original purposes was protection... to line boxes... items were placed in for safe keeping or as a gift, boxes not bags. The the gift bag was invented... so the craft of actually wrapping a gift is going out of style, just like mailing a letter. Grab a wad of tissue, swaddle the gift and cram in a $2 sack... how imaginative.

Answer 2

To my knowledge, it is used mainly as a buffer or protective covering for breakables. Actually, more people use bubble wrap for this purpose. Still, tissue paper can accomplish this task for smaller items. It can also be utilized in decoration, and like most things, possesses multiple uses that very imaginative innovators can either reveal or invent.

Answer 3

To hide a present in a bag without wrapping it.

Answer 4

To hide the identity of an inwrappable gift.

Answer 5

to clean our selves when we go to the restroom, use if we run out of tissues, use if u run out sanitary feminine products in an emergency, remove eye make-up , wrap houses, for a spill, and that's all i can think of.

Answer 6

the kind for gifts?.... it makes the present look pretty and it also helps cover up the surprize inside the bag.

Answer 7

to keep the gift secret for 2 more seconds, and to make things look pretty.

Answer 8

I always thought because of its softness it was used to for one of the following: a) blowing your nose, b) sneezing, or c) drying your tears. Obviously, it's used for much, much more.

Answer 9

To wipe your butt in case you run out of toilet paper.

Answer 10

It has extreme uses