Ask Dr. Notebook

By Melissa August, Amanda Bower, Val Castronovo, Ling Minhua, Ellin Martens, Julie Rawe, Sora Song, Joel Stein, Josh Tyrangiel and Rebecca Winters

Q: I'm sick of people complaining that the holidays have become too commercial. In fact, I want my family to embrace materialism this year. What can we do to show we know what Christmas is really all about--money?

A: You can wrap your holiday up in cash. The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing is selling sheets of 32 $1 bills fresh off the presses of the Mint for wrapping paper. For $50 a sheet, your family can tear into their gifts, then keep the paper to buy what they really wanted.