How to write thank you letters without knowing what you're thanking for?

[danke]

Long story short, I was working Christmas morning. Left DH opening half the presents with our 18month old. Strict instructions to remember who sent what... of course, not done.
Now it's time to write the thank you notes but I've no idea who brought what!
Is it rude to just say thank you for my gifts? Is it really obvious I have no clue what they brought?

Ah, well now. He needs to write them then, doesn't he?!

Just say thanks for your kind gift, we had a lovely Christmas.

Easy just write thank you for my gift give them the pencil let them do "art"

How many presents are we talking about here? I assume these are from close relatives (granny etc) and they would have known you were working in the morning. You can turn it into a bit of a joke... Get him to write "Thank you for the gift. Baby is loving all his new toys. Unfortunately I (Daddy) was an overexcited kid too on xmas morning and everything was unwrapped far too quickly and we don't know who sent what. Which gift was yours? Ha Ha. Silly over excited Daddy"

Get Daddy to write them.

Thank you for my present is fine.

Thank you cards for 18 month olds is just making work for you, though. (How many Dads have ever felt that thank you cards need doing?) I mean I’ve sat my primary kids down to write them today because it is good for them to understand how giving/receiving/thanks works, but I’ve never expected it from babies and toddlers. Can you just text the givers with a picture of Christmas dresses toddler and a thank you!

Send a nice picture of your toddler and/or one of their scribbles, hand print or something with a generic ‘thank your for the gift’ message.

Your husband needs to figure this one out.

Could have held back opening the presents until the afternoon as the 18 month old hadn't a clue what day it was anyway!

Don't get in to the chore of writing thank you letters. Just say thank you on the day or thank by phone.

'Thank you for the lovely gifts'
I can't say I've ever written on a thank you note what the gift was specifically. It can get so confusing to try and remember who gifted what.

@SequinnedShawl

Could have held back opening the presents until the afternoon as the 18 month old hadn't a clue what day it was anyway!

Don't get in to the chore of writing thank you letters. Just say thank you on the day or thank by phone.

^^ This.

I’m a bit agog that they didn’t wait too, though I realise that’s not what your post is about.

If DH thanks by phone he can at least tell it as an amusing story of the 18 month old ripping the paper off everything at once, or chewing the labels if he doesn’t just want to take responsibility for not being more on the ball about who had given what.

Don’t make more work for yourself than you have to and don’t get into the habit of being the one that does the drudge work while DH does all the fun.