Question: What is an alternative to using Furoshiki for gifts?

Context articles: Mike Ware (photographer)
Francisco Coronel Navarro
True meaning of Christmas
Clover (mobile app)
Belfagor
Jul (Korean Bow)
Alternative Gifts International
Mark Zachares
Gift wrapping
Furoshiki

Michael J. (Mike) Ware (born 1939, Bromley) is a chemist and photographer, known for his work in alternative photographic processes, earlier methods of printing photographic images that were succeeded by the more common silver-gelatin used today.
 His website includes practical instructions for the argyrotype (prints using iron salts as the light-sensitive coating), cyanotype, platinotype (prints using light-sensitive solutions containing platinum), palladiotype (prints using light-sensitive solutions containing palladium), and chrysotype (using gold to form or tone the final image) processes.
 The site also includes papers on various technical issues, the conservation of 'alternative process' prints, historical essays, galleries, and extensive lists of links and resources.
 Ware remains active as a consultant, most recently on the history and development of the platinotype and palladium processes.
Francisco Coronel Navarro (b. 1941) is a Mexican artisan who work in lacquer ware and the revival of using gold leaf in this craft earned him the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in Mexico, among other recognitions.
 He was born in a very poor family in Olinalá, Guerrero, a town noted for its history with gold and lacquer work.
 Beginning at age seven, he created lacquer pieces for sale, reintroducing gold leaf into his works in the 1970s.
 His work has been exhibited in Mexico and the United States, with two pieces made as gifts for Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II.
The "true meaning of Christmas" is a phrase with a long history in American pop culture.
 It first appears in the mid-19th century, and is often given vaguely religious overtones, suggesting that the "true meaning of Christmas" is the celebration of the Nativity of Christ.
 But in pop culture usage, overt religious references are mostly avoided, and the "true meaning" is taken to be a sort of introspective and benevolent attitude as opposed to the commercialization of Christmas which has been lamented since at least the 1850s.
 The poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (1822) helped popularize the tradition of exchanging gifts, and seasonal Christmas shopping began to assume economic importance.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe criticizes the commercialization of Christmas in her story "Christmas; or, the Good Fairy".
 An early expression of this sentiment using the phrase of "the true meaning" is found in "The American magazine", vol.
 28 (1889):
Clover is a mobile dating app which connects with a user's Facebook account, or their email address, to create a new Clover profile.
 It is available for download for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, as well as, Android devices.
 Users can choose to turn their GPS location on or off and browse other users' profiles anonymously.
 Users can interact with each other by liking each other, sending text and multimedia chat messages, sending gifts, requesting dates using the "On Demand Dating" feature, or setup chat groups or group events using the "Mixers" feature.
 Users can also dislike other users which will remove them from future search results.
 Finally, users can exclude other users from contacting them based on their age, gender, or location in their privacy settings.
Belfagor (premiere 26 April 1923) is an Italian-language opera by the composer Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Claudio Guastalla (1880-1948) based on the comedy "Belfagor" of Ercole Luigi Morselli (1882-1921), itself loosely based on the novella "Belfagor arcidiavolo" by Niccolò Machiavelli.
 It was premiered in 1923 at La Scala in Milan, under the baton of Antonio Guarnieri, since Toscanini was unavailable.
 The cast featured Irish soprano Margaret Burke Sheridan as Candida, tenor Mariano Stabile as her lover Baldo, and baritone Francesco Merli as the titular Belfagor, a "arcidiavolo" who tries to marry a human maiden while in disguise as a nobleman, using gifts of money to her father.
Jul is a traditional Korean greeting and is oftentimes accompanied by a handshake.
 Use both hands when handshaking (right arm performing the handshake should be supported by the left arm).
 Koreans prefer to do business with people who they already know so if it’s possible, try to have a third party to originate the business.
 Do not introduce yourself and wait until the third party introduces you.
 In South Korea, it is a common practice to share gifts at the first meeting.
 It is intended to build relationships and acquire favors.
 Gift is part of the business culture and it is not considered bribery.
 When giving or receiving gifts, make sure to use both hands since using one hand is considered rude.
 However, do not give an expensive gift because gifts are reciprocated.
 Also present the gift in a modest fashion.
Alternative Gifts International is a charity on the BBB Wise Giving Alliance headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.
 It sponsors events known as Alternative Gift Markets.
Mark Zachares is a Republican politician and lobbyist who served as Congressional aide to Rep. Don Young (R-AK).
 He pleaded guilty on April 24, 2007 to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from lobbyist Jack Abramoff in return for using his position in Congress to advance Abramoff's interests.
Gift wrapping is the act of enclosing a gift in some sort of material.
 Wrapping paper is a kind of paper designed for gift wrapping.
 An alternative to gift wrapping is using a gift box.
 A wrapped or boxed gift may be held closed with ribbon and topped with a decorative bow (an ornamental knot made of ribbon).
Furoshiki (風呂敷) are a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth traditionally used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods.