My child recently had a birthday with lots of lovely presents. We had just moved house and with the chaos of re-plastering everywhere and installing a new bathroom (had no shower for 5 weeks!!) the time whizzed by and I didn't get around to writing thank you cards. (I'm usually pretty good with these, especially for the children).
So it occurred to me that if I do the thank you cards now, I will be sending them to basically the same people in sending Christmas cards to. Stamps cost a pretty penny as it is.... So thinking about saving money and paper....
Could I write a simple "and thank you so much for "X's" birthday present, "X" loved it!' in the card itself. Or should I write it on a separate bit of pretty 'thank you' note paper (would have to buy), or should I get a photo of said child printed off with "thank you" written across it (child is 1 so can't write it himself!!)? Or should I go the whole hog and send a seperate card?
I kind of have no real emotion towards Christmas cards myself. See them as being a tad pointless and a huge waste of paper, but I have lots of elderly relatives who place huge importance on this kind of thing and would be offended if I didn't. The thank you cards/note is more important really.