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Each year, starting around Thanksgiving, culture vultures get to unwrap an early present: a raft of films, TV shows, concerts and more that fill the calendar through the end of the season.

But as she began to paint again, Parys started to appear on her canvases, as if urging her to unwrap her grief, she says.

“And so here’s this brand-new sax out of the box, and they get to play it, and they get so excited to just unwrap it. It’s like Christmas for them.”

They showed people, including children, unwrapping the packaging, eating the chips and then reacting to the heat.

When Rivas unwrapped a trash bag that was sitting on top of furniture, he pulled out a model of a spaceship.