Santa does this to every Christmas gift using paper and tape, but a musician does it by speaking rhythmic poetry over a beat. What is it?
Wrapping (Rapping)
The puzzle uses the homophones 'wrapping' and 'rapping.' Covering a Christmas gift in bright paper sounds identical to the musical hip-hop vocal style of rhythmically speaking words over a beat.
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