Man's hilarious $110 mistake wrapping presents - but can you see what's wrong?

The costly error triggered the family's first Christmas argument.

Very few of us enjoy wrapping presents, so spare a thought for one gift bearer whose attempts this Christmas led to a family feud.

In a now-viral tweet, Irish man Daniel revealed his brother had grabbed a roll of what he thought was wrapping paper, but turned out to be his mum's new wallpaper.

“My brother used, as wrapping paper, the €70 ($110) wallpaper that Mum had bought to redecorate rooms. Cannot cope ahahah," he wrote. “First Christmas argument underway."

The costly error set the brothers' mother off. Source: Twitter/ danielobo148
The costly error set the brothers' mother off. Source: Twitter/ danielobo148

He shared a photo of the roll and the pile of presents in question.

The tweet quickly garnered a huge response, with close to 190,000 likes and more than 12 million views. He told curious users he had no idea how his brother had managed to mistake it as wrapping paper, while agreeing with one person the wallpaper was "rancid".

"Donations if desired to Sharon's renovation fund," he joked.

The wallpaper, named Wild Flower Teal, is made by UK company Graham & Brown and retails for $135 in Australia.

The family in happier times this Christmas. Source: Twitter/ Danielobo148
The family in happier times this Christmas. Source: Twitter/ Danielobo148

Head of Brand at the company, Alan Kemp, reached out to Daniel to offer the family a replacement roll.

"As it’s the season of goodwill, and peace to all, I’m sure I can arrange a free replacement roll. So no need to argue!" he said.

As you can imagine, hundreds were in hysterics over the mistake.

And many suggested the brother had done the family "a favour" by using it. "Christmas may be ruined but he saved your house," one person said.

Earlier in December, an Aussie mum's wrapping paper mistake prompted a host of laughs on Facebook, after she failed to notice an x-rated detail on a roll of paper bought from Typo.

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