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Do you send thank you cards

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HeavenisInherwinterunderwear · 30/12/2006 20:07

Just wondered if anyone else sent thank you cards for their children's presents.
We got one today from my sister.

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KezzaG · 30/12/2006 20:09

I do send them, but not to family. That seems a bit excessive, I mainly do friends or friends of my mum who have got ds something.

7swansaswimmingup · 30/12/2006 20:10

dont buy cards but do get the eldest at 12 to write thanyous to family, he literally writes

dear ***

thankyou for my presents

lots of love

bless him, better than nothing.

little one does paintings and i write thanks where theres a gap

Macdog · 30/12/2006 20:10

I send thank you cards/letters.
Always have done.

7swansaswimmingup · 30/12/2006 20:11

i dont think its excessive kezza, i think a lot depends on what you did yourself as a child. i always had to write thankyous to family so carried on doing it with my kids, my sister and brothers kids do the same

Pablothelittleredfox · 30/12/2006 20:12

No. I've got enough to do - the children say thank you in person or on the phone and so do I. I haven't got time to write letters on behalf of 3 children.

LITTLEdonkeyFISH · 30/12/2006 20:12

Yes, I always do them. However, if the person who gave the present was there when I opened it (or dd opened it), we say thank you, and don't write.

If the person is not there, then we always write.

Does that make sense??

Pablothelittleredfox · 30/12/2006 20:13

I'm more likely to send thank you cards for one off things but not for Christmas where it would just be too much.

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HeavenisInherwinterunderwear · 30/12/2006 20:24

I say thank you but I don't send cards. But the children think all presents come from santa.
There again I'm generally crap at that sort of thing.
She'd made all her cards too.

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Dior · 30/12/2006 20:27

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FrayedKnotRoastingOnAnOpenFire · 30/12/2006 20:30

Ho hum, just about to start doing DS's tonight. Only 4-5 to do, not for friends / family who we saw and were thanked in person, only to people who sent things & we haven't seen them.

Can't wait til he can do them himself!

alibauble · 30/12/2006 20:34

Always send a letter either by post or electronically with a photo on and general news. Doubly lengthy process at this time of year as ds1's birthday was literally a week ago so twice the amount of work as extra thank you's required. I think it's a great thing to do and once my boys can write I will make sure that they do their own - family as well.

DeckthehallsLaDiDaDi · 30/12/2006 20:47

I've already written most of the thankyou cards for my dd's Christmas presents. She is only 8 months but I really think it's important, especially for people who didn't see her get them.

LUCYMARIE · 30/12/2006 21:03

yes i send cards to all family and friends if we have received presents, think it's really thoughtfull

Miaou · 30/12/2006 21:29

Yes, we've always done them. It's nice now that the dds are 9 and 8, they just sit down and do them without any help, and are good now at writing more than "Dear x, thank you for my present, from y" . They sat down today and made three cards each and will do another three tomorrow. These are for those people who they weren't able to thank in person.

I personally think that if someone has gone to the trouble of choosing, buying, wrapping and often sending a present, it's not too much trouble to let them know it's appreciated. A phonecall or an email is acceptable in my view, but a handwritten letter/handmade card is much better.

I have never received any thank you cards (or any thank yous at all for that matter) from anyone I bought things for in my family - just a couple from friends' children. I think that's rude.

bonkerz · 30/12/2006 21:31

MIL is quite strong in her feelings about thank yous for presents and TBH before now i havent been bothered and just made kids ring each person to say thankyou BUT this year i had a brainwave and as each child opened a present from someone other than santa i took a picture on my phone and named the photo after who sent the present. Chritmas night i printed small pics out (fitted about 10 per A4 sheet) then i wrote thanks on each photo in gold pen. Gave the photos and recieved lots of praise from MIl and it was really simple and a lot less hassle than writing 20+ thankyous with the kids!

divamumdiva · 30/12/2006 21:48

only did at dds 1st bday last year, prob will do only bdays. never did xmas, we dont habve much relatives therefor there are less pressies, only fil and sil,and niece

RubberDuckWithCranberrySauce · 30/12/2006 22:01

I LOVE doing thank you cards - it's the best bit of Christmas for me

We always do fun photographs of the kids playing with things, or a closeup of the toy, etc and put that on the front of the card, to make it really personal.

This year, ds1 has really got into the spirit of it too and has drawn a couple of pictures of presents he's received which I've then scanned in and put on the relevant thank you cards.

Much prefer these to the general Christmas cards that go out before Christmas. And it's not a great bind - we have a total of 14 thank yous to send this year - 2 a day for a week and it's done without undue stress and a bit of a giggle in the process.

jurathernothavesprouts · 30/12/2006 22:09

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funnypeculiar · 30/12/2006 22:15

Agghhh, need todo these - am loving the idea of photos of kids opening pressies ... is it too late to fake some do you think. We only do them for people who didn't see pressies opened - which actually means (I have just calculated) only 2 this year ... not actually that painful...

Weirdly, don't feel the need to do them so much for birthdays....

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