present etiquette. what's proper etiquette on receiving a wrapped present? what i really want to do is snatch it up and rip off the wrapping in the fiercest manner i can think of and then show my thankfulness or disappointment immediately. unfortunately that is not how life works. well. what do you do? do you wait it out until everyone leaves to open it? do you pretend to not see the present until you casually glance that way and then exclaim your surprise? do you ask is that for me? do you say can i take that off your hands? do you say oh thank you and then put it aside? what do you do? what is the least savagest response? will someone please tell me so i can avoid my next faux pas?