Thank You letters for xmas presents

[GeorgeEliot]

Shocked that some people don't think it's important to get dc to write thank you letters for the presents they receive at Christmas.

Our house rule is that if the giver is present, you do not need to write.

But if they are not there to see you open it, then you should write.

And we keep lists of who has given what so we don't get in a muddle.

What do others do?

tallulah - our family dont go in huffs over silly things like that. its just not an expectation in our circle, not from little children. manners yes, thank you letters not necessary.

If there were 20 I would write to the elderly and do phone calls!

I would rather ring . I find doing the Childrens thank you cards with them a real pain . Apart from being chronically ill- my children don't get thankyou cards from grown ups for the presents they give - manners yes but i don't like the pressure associated with needing to send thank you cards.

It's just a nice thing to do that's all.

phew, so im not a total weirdo, someone agrees with me - haha!

sparkling you mentioned cutting down your christmas card list. well im doing that too this year. just sending to dear friends and family (about 20 tee hee), not extended members that i dont even see (apart from at weddings and funerals).
im also not doing individual work collegues, just one for the staff room. and not doing whole street, just immediate neighbours - we only say hello in the summer anyway.

im a real joy to know amnt i?

oh and not doing old friends that i havent even spoken to in a few years.

its not to be mean and im not in a huff with them its just what is honestly the point? if we all really really cared about each other we would be more involved in each others lives. but were not, so....

But if they send you a card will you feel the need to quickly scribble one back or do you stay strong? I need to filter out the ones with the round robin letters in for a start.

yeah i might crumble in that situation and write one back - ill maybe buy an extra 10 on standby. im not a total heartless cow :)

night night ladies, im off to write....nah who am i kidding. read my book :o
it was fun

Night night. I am off to cross people off my list.......

I love the round robins-I would cut out the pointless ones who send a card with no news.

I am from the written thanks crowd. It doesn't take long. I don't care if the recipient puts it in the bin I think we have been polite and confirmed our thanks for any gift received.

I just think it shows good manners to write a quick note in thanks.

I always send written thank you cards from us but I'm not too fussed about receiving them really, I enjoy giving presents and know that people are often too busy. Although I always like hearing from various friend's children and knowing how they are.

I keep a list of Christmas cards received and sent [tragic emoticon] and cross people off if we don't get one back because I wanted to trim the list and figured there's no point sending them if people aren't too fussed. A lot of people don't do them anymore I think and that's fine by me, saves paper!

I really like the idea one poster had of putting thank you cards in the dc's stockings, making it a bit easier and also more fun to do them.