Do you send Thank You letters after Christmas?

[Hulababy]

We always do, from DD to anyone who has bought her a present.

This is really the first year she has been old enough to know what they are and why we send them. And she can now write most individual letters, so can add the name of the recipient and her own name, with a kiss. I can see these are going to take me a long time this year!!!

Do you do letters?

dont have the time. nice idea, but theres no way i have a spare 6 hours to sit their getting ds's to do thank you notes. i say thank you at the time.

Yes, I send them to people that we haven't seen to thank in person. I think it is very important to get some acknowlegement of a gift sent. I love receiving a thank you letter, but I am equally happy with an email or phone call, just as long as there is something. I think it is very rude otherwise. DH's young cousins (three boys) never acknowledge their presents and I am always tempted not to buy them anything the next year. Of course I always do. On the other hand maybe they are trying to send us a message like Fruitful

i often send them cash in the post and still don't get a thankyou!

Only write letters to those who gave presents in absentia. So if they actually hand the pressies over which are then opened in front of them, thanks yous are said at the time.

I always do thank you notes and rarely get them back. I think giving them is in the minority if my life is anything to go by.

No. I am crap. I do try to phone to say thank you and try to persuade ds to get on the phone to say it in person. Honestly, I'd rather people didnt' give presents if they expect written thank yous in return. It's a nightmare for me. I can never even remember who gave what.

It would be nice if ds enjoyed painting etc to say, do a pic and we'll sent it to X as a thankyou, but he doesn't really.

I always plan to, then in the heat of xmas morning I forget to keep a note of who got what for DS and just get ds to verbally thank them next time he seems them.

why do the children have to write thank you notes? I thought santa brought the presents
how do you explain the contradiction?

not trying to be controvertial just i do not understand this

BarbaraX, in our house Santa only brings stocking + 1 pressie per child. Rest is from us & relations so they appreciate things & say Thank You. Also stops the "Doesn't matter if youy've got no money Mum, Santa will make it" argument.

Yes.
Barbara...only the presents we buy are from father xmas...the kids know who the others are from so that they can say thankyou

I've decided to put thank you's in New Year cards this year

Well here's a thing

Go onto wanadoo and upload your digital photos. Or even just one photo if you don't have much time. (Click on the link that says digital photos)

Then click to make a card

Hey presto. Eight cards for a total of £9 something. I've never done this before tonight, it was recommended by a friend, now they're in the post!

Am so chuffed, just had to share it

I always send thank you letters for anything that the children have received, if someone has been kind enough to send a present they at least deserve some thanks. However, I feel very much in the minority as I hardly ever get one for anything I send and am often left wondering if it has arrived, a phone call would do, but often nothing at all.

They are appreciated, when my Grandad died I found all the thank you letters my brother and I had ever sent him neatly stored in a shoe box

i was always made to as a child until one day my uncle said to me really, you can just phone and sayt hank you and i realised ppl don't mind how they are thanked as long as they are thanked!so we just do phone calls!

I was allways encouraged as a child to send thankyou letters for anything i received be it birthday, easter or christmas and continue this tradition with my children. I agree though that we do seem to be in a minority. I am often left wondering if gifts have arrived.

no. can't be arsed

Only if they can't say thank you in person or by phone etc. I (almost) take offense when someone sends me a thank you letter when they have already said thank you. What is it about this country that thanks have to be in writing? Do they have to be legally binding? Yet giving someone the push has to be verbal. Weird.