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HTML

<h3 class="italic orange">Accounting Packages</h3>
<div class="sidebarmenu">
  <li><a href="#">What Is It</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">How It Works</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Packages</a></li>
</div>

JavaScript

$('.sidebarmenu').children().wrapAll('<ul></ul>');

alert($('.sidebarmenu').html());